PATRONS  OF 
HUSBANDRY 


Washington  State  Grange 


Recorder  Press,  Olympia,  Wash. 
1909 


Officers  of  the  National  Grange 
1909-1910 

Master ... ...N.  J.  Bachelder,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Overseer. ...  . .T.  C.  Atkeson,  Morgantown,  West  Va. 


Lecturer . , . Geo.  W.  F.  Gaunt,  Mullica,  Hill,  N.  J. 

Steward..... . .J.  a.  Newcomb,  Golden,  Col. 

Asst.  Steward. - . .C.  D.  Richardson,  Westbrook,  Mass. 

Chaplain.. . . C.  S.  Wood,  Ellington,  Conn. 

Treasurer. . . . . . .Mrs.  Eva  S.  McDowell,  Rome,  N.  Y. 


Secretary C.  M.  Freeman,  Tippecanoe  City,  Ohio 

Gate  Keeper. A.  C.  Rowers,  Beloit,  Wis. 

Ceres.  .Mrs.  Elizabeth  H.  Patterson,  College  Park,  Md. 
Pomona. . . . . .Mrs.  Sarah  G.  Baird,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Flora. . . . ► ... .Mrs.  Ida  Judson,  Balfour,  Iowa 

L.  A.  Steward . . Mrs.  Joanna  M.  Walker,  Marshall 

L.  A.  Steward 

..Mrs.  Joanna  M.  Walker,  Marshalltown,  Delaware 


Executive  Committee 

F.  N.  Godfrey/Chairman Olean,  N.  Y. 

C.  J.  Bell,  Secretary East  Hardwick,  Vt. 

C.  O,  Raine Canton,  Mo. 


N.  J.  Bachelder. Concord,  N.  H. 

High  Priest Geo.  B.  Horton,  Fruit  Ridge,  Mich. 


Priest  Archon N.  J.  Bachelder,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Priest  Annalist.  .F.  E.  Marchant,  West  Kingston,  R.  I. 


Pat  rons  of  H usbandry 


Constitution  and  By-laws  of 
National  Grange 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of 
State  Grange 

Suggested  By-laws  of 

Subordinate  and  Pomona 
Granges 

Declaration  of  Purposes 
Parliamentary  Rules  and 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of 
Washington  Fire  Relief 
Association 


Washington  State  Grange 
1909 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  WASHINGTON  STATE 
GRANGE. 


Until  June,  1911 

Title.  Name.  Address.  arange. 

Master C.  B.  Kegley Palouse Ewartsville 

Overseer Sam  T.  Shell Goldendale. . .Pleasant 

Valley 

Lecturer Ernest  M.  Smith. . Blaine Harmony 

Steward Lewis  Extine Winlock Ethel 

Asst.StewardF.  W.  Munz Ellensburg. . .Ellensburg 

Chaplain Mrs.  Bessie  Cline. . Lynden Lynden 

Treasurer E.  Hazelton Monroe Monroe 

Secretary Fred.  W.  Lewis Tumwater...  Brighton 

Park 

Gate  Keeper.  Louis  Griel Alpha Alpha 

Ceres Mary  Myer Alpha Alpha 

Pomona Francis  M.  Calkins. Thorp Thorp 

Flora Ina  Carpenter Carrollton Rose  Valley 

Lady  Asst. 

Steward Anna  L.  Leonard...  Castle  Rock.  .Sunnyside 

Executive  Committee. 

C.  B.  Kegley,  Chairman,  Palouse. 

Fred.  W.  Lewis,  Secretary,  Tumwater. 

J.  C.  Farr,  Albion,  1910.  J.  O.  Wing,  Washougal,  1911. 
H.  M.  Beach,  1912. 

Legislative  Committee. 

C.  B.  Kegley,  Master,  Palouse. 

H.  D.  Jory,  Sunnyside.  Geo.  Hingston,  Mead. 

Co-operative  Committee. 

R.  R.  McClure,  Grandview. 

R.  Lampshire,  Touchet.  E.  L.  White,  Clayton. 

Good  Roads  Committee. 

W.  H.  Kaufman,  Bellingham. 

Frank  Terrace,  Orillia.  R.  R.  McClure,  Grandview. 


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The  National  Grange 


DECLARATION  OF  PURPOSES  OF  THE 
NATIONAL  GRANGE 


PREAMBLE. 

Profoundly  impressed  with  the  truth  that  the 
National  Grange  of  the  United  States  should  defi- 
nitely proclaim  to  the  world  its  general  objects,  we 
hereby  unanimously  make  this  Declaration  of  Pur- 
poses of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry: 


GENERAL  OBJECTS. 


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1.  United  by  the  strong  and  faithful  tie  of  Agri- 
culture, we  mutually  resolve  to  labor  for  the  good 
of  our  Order,  our  country,  and  mankind. 

2.  We  heartily  endorse  the  motto:  “In  essentials, 
unity;  in  non-essentials,  liberty;  in  all  things,  char- 
ity.” 

3.  We  shall  endeavor  to  advance  our  cause  by 
laboring  to  accomplish  the  following  objects: 

To  develop  a better  and  higher  manhood  and 
womanhood  among  ourselves.  To  enhance  the  com 
forts  and  attractions  of  our  homes,  and  strengthen 
our  attachments  to  our  pursuits.  To  foster  mutual 
understanding  and  co-operation.  To  maintain,  invi- 
olate, our  laws,  and  to  emulate  each  other  in  labor,  to 
hasten  the  good  time  coming.  To  reduce  our  ex- 
penses, both  individual  and  corporate.  To  buy  less 
and  produce  more,  in  order  to  make  our  farm  self- 


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sustaining.  To  diversify  our  crops,  and  crop  no 
more  than  we  can  cultivate.  To  condense  the 
weight  of  our  exports,  selling  less  in  the  bushel  and 
more  on  hoof  and  in  fleece;  less  in  lint,  and  more  in 
warp  and  woof.  To  systematize  our  work,  and  cal- 
culate intelligently  on  probabilities.  To  discounte- 
nance the  credit  system,  the  mortgage  system,  the 
fashion  system,  and  every  other  system  tending  to 
prodigality  and  bankruptcy. 

We  propose  meeting  together,  talking  together, 
working  together,  buying  together,  selling  together, 
and,  in  general,  acting  together  for  our  mutual  pro- 
tection and  advancement,  as  occasion  may  require. 
We  shall  avoid  litigation  as  much  as  possible  by 
arbitration  in  the  Grange.  We  shall  constantly 
strive  to  secure  entire  harmony,  good  will,  vital 
Brotherhood  among  ourselves,  and  to  make  our 
Order  perpetual.  We  shall  earnestly  endeavor  to 
suppress  personal,  local,  sectional  and  national  preju- 
dices, all  unhealthy  rivalry,  all  selfish  ambitions. 
Faithful  adherence  to  these  principles  will  insure 
our  mental,  moral,  social  and  material  advancement. 

BUSINESS  RELATIONS. 

4.  For  our  business  interests,  we  desire  to  bring 
producers  and  consumers,  farmers  and  manufac- 
turers, into  the  most  direct  and  friendly  relations 
possible.  Hence,  we  must  dispense  with  a surplus 
of  middle  men,  not  that  we  are  unfriendly  to  them, 
but  we  do  not  need  them.  Their  surplus  and  their 
exactions  diminish  our  profits. 

We  wage  no  -aggressive  warfare  against  any  other 
interests  whatever.  On  the  contrary,  all  our  acts 


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and  all  our  efforts,  so  far  as  business  is  concerned, 
are  not  only  for  the  benefit  of  the  producer  and 
consumer,  but  also  for  all  other  interests  that  tend 
to  bring  these  two  parties  into  speedy  and  economi- 
cal contact.  Hence,  we  hold  that  transportation 
companies  of  every  kind  are  necessary  to  our  suc- 
cess, that  their  interests  are  intimately  connected 
with  our  interests,  and  harmonious  action  is  mutu- 
ally advantageous,  keeping  in  view  the  first  sentence 
of  our  Declaration  of  Principles  of  action,  that 
“Individual  happiness  depends  upon  general  pros- 
perity.” 

We  shall,  therefore,  advocate  for  every  state  the 
increase  in  every  practical  way,  of  all  facilities  for 
transporting  cheaply  to  the  seaboard,  or  between 
home  producers  and  consumers,  all  the  productions 
of  our  country.  We  adopt  it  as  our  fixed  purpose 
to  “open  out  channels  in  nature’s  great  arteries,  that 
the  life  blood  of  commerce  may  flow  freely.” 

We  are  not  enemies  of  railroads,  navigable  and 
irrigating  canals,  nor  any  corporation  that  will  ad- 
vance our  industrial  interests,  nor  of  any  laboring 
classes. 

In  our  noble  Order  there  is  no  communism,  no 
agrarianism. 

We  are  opposed  to  such  spirit  and  management  of 
any  corporation  or  enterprise  as  tends  to  oppress 
the  people  and  rob  them  of  their  just  profits.  We 
are  not  enemies  to  capital,  but  we  oppose  tyranny  of 
monopolies.  We  long  to  see  the  antagonism  between 
labor  and  capital  removed  by  common  consent,  and 
by  an  enlightened  statesmanship  worthy  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  We  are  opposed  to  excessive  sal- 


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aries,  high  rates  of  interest,  and  exorbitant  per  cent, 
profits  in  trade.  They  greatly  increase  our  burdens, 
and  do  not  bear  a proper  proportion  to  the  profits 
of  producers.  We  desire  only  self-protection,  and 
the  protection  of  every  true  interest  of  our  land,  by 
legitimate  transactions,  legitimate  trade,  legitimate 
profits. 

EDUCATION. 

We  shall  advance  the  cause  of  education  among 
ourselves,  and  for  our  children,  by  all  just  means 
within  our  power.  We  especially  advocate  for  our 
agricultural  and  industrial  colleges  that  practical 
agriculture,  domestic  science,  and  all  the  arts  which 
adorn  the  home,  be  taught  in  their  courses  of  study. 

THE  GRANGE  NOT  PARTISAN. 

5.  We  emphatically  and  sincerely  assert  the  oft- 
repeated  truth  taught  in  our  organic  law,  that  the 
Grange — National,  State  or  Subordinate — is  not  a 
political  or  party  organization.  No  Grange,  if  true 
to  its  obligations,  can  discuss  partisan  or  sectarian 
questions,  nor  call  political  conventions,  nor  nomi- 
nate candidates,  nor  even  discuss  their  merits  in  its 
meetings. 

Yet  the  principles  we  teach  underlie  all  true  poli 
tics,  all  true  statesmanship,  and,  if  properly  carried 
out,  will  tend  to  purify  the  whole  political  atmos- 
phere of  our  country.  For  we  seek  the  greatest  good 
to  the  greatest  number. 

We  must  always  bear  in  mind  that  no  one,  by 
becoming  a Patron  of  Husbandry,  gives  up  that 
inalienable  right  and  duty  which  belongs  to  every 
American  citizen,  to  take  a proper  interest  in  the 
politics  of  his  country. 


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On  the  contrary,  it  is  right  for  every  member  to 
do  all  in  his  power  legitimately  to  influence  for  good 
the  action  of  any  political  party  to  which  he  belongs. 
It  is  his  duty  to  do  all  in  his  own  party  to  put  down 
bribery,  corruption,  and  trickery;  to  see  that  none 
but  competent,  faithful,  and  honest  men,  who  will 
unflinchingly  stand  by  our  interests,  are  nominated 
for  all  positions  of  trust;  and  to  have  carried  out  the 
principle  which  should  always  characterize  every 
Patron,  that 

The  Office  Should  Seek  the  Man,  and  Not  the  Man 
the  Office. 

We  acknowledge  the  broad  principle  that  differ- 
ence of  opinion  is  no  crime,  and  hold  that  “progress 
toward  truth  is  made  by  difference  of  opinion,”  while, 
“the  fault  lies  in  bitterness  of  controversy.” 

We  desire  a proper  equality,  equity,  and  fairness; 
protection  for  the  weak,  restraint  upon  the  strong, 
in  short,  justly  distributed  burdens  and  justly  dis- 
tributed power.  These  are  American  ideas,  the  very 
essence  of  American  independence,  and  to  advocate 
to  the  contrary  is  unworthy  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Republic. 

We  cherish  the  belief  that  sectionalism  is,  and 
of  a right  should  be,  dead  and  buried  with  the  past. 
Our  work  is  for  the  present  and  future.  In  our 
agricultural  brotherhood  and  its  purposes,  we  shall 
recognize  no  North,  no  South,  no  East,  no  West. 

It  is  reserved  by  every  Patron,  as  the  right  of  a 
freeman,  to  affiliate  with  any  party  that  will  best 
carry  out  his  principles. 


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OUTSIDE  CO-OPERATION. 

6.  Our  being  peculiarly  a farmer’s  institution,  we 
cannot  admit  all  to  our  ranks. 

Many  are  excluded  by  the  nature  of  our  organi- 
zation, not  because  they  are  professional  men,  or 
artisans,  or  laborers,  but  because  they  have  not  a 
sufficient  direct  interest  in  tilling  the  soil,  or  may 
have  some  interest  in  conflict  with  our  purposes. 
But  we  appeal  to  all  good  citizens  for  their  cordial 
co-operation  to  assist  in  our  efforts  toward  reform, 
that  we  may  eventually  remove  from  our  midst  the 
Inst  vestige  of  tyranny  and  corruption. 

We  hail  the  general  desire  for  fraternal  harmony, 
equitable  compromises  and  earnest  co-operation,  as 
an  omen  of  our  future  success. 

CONCLUSION. 

7.  It  shall  be  an  abiding  principle  with  us  to 
relieve  any  of  our  oppressed  and  suffering  brother- 
hood by  any  means  at  our  command. 

Last,  but  not  least,  we  proclaim  it  among  our 
purposes  to  inculcate  a proper  appreciation  of  the 
abilities  and  sphere  of  woman,  as  is  indicated  by  ad- 
mitting her  to  membership  and  position  in  our 
Order. 

Imploring  the  continued  assistance  of  our  Divine 
Master  to  guide  us  in  our  work,  we  here  pledge  our- 
selves to  faithful  and  harmonious  labor  for  all  future 
time,  to  return  by  our  united  efforts  to  the  wisdom, 
justice,  fraternity,  and  political  purity  of  our  fore- 
fathers. 


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ARTICLE  I— ORGANIZATION. 

Subordinate  Granges. 

First  Degree — Laborer  (man),  Maid  (woman). 

Second  Degree — Cultivator  (man),  Shepherdess 
(woman). 

Third  Degree — Harvester  (man),  Gleaner  (wo- 
man). 

Fourth  Degree — Husbandman  (man),  Matron  (wo- 
man). 

District  and  County  Granges. 

Fifth  Degree — There  may  be  established  District 
or  County  Granges  in  the  fifth  degree,  composed  of 
Masters  and  Past  Masters  of  Subordinate  Granges, 
and  their  wives  or  husbands  who  are  fourth  degree 
members,  and  such  fourth  degree  members  as  may 
be  recommended  by  the  Subordinate  Granges  as 
qualified  and  worthy  candidates  for  membership  in 
ine  District  or  County  Grange.  Such  District  or 
County  Granges  shall  have  charge  of  the  education 
and  business  interests  of  the  Order  in  their  respec- 
tive districts;  and  shall  encourage,  strengthen,  and 
aid  the  Subordinate  Granges  represented  therein. 
Dispensations  for  such  District  or  County  Granges 
shall  issue  from  the  State  Grange,  and  under  such 
regulations  as  the  State  Grange  may  adopt. 

State  Grange. 

Section  1.  Fifth  Degree — Pomona  (Faith).  Com- 
posed of  the  Masters  and  Past  Masters  of  Subordi- 
nate Granges,  and  their  wives  or  husbands  who  are 


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fourth  degree  members  in  good  standing,  provided 
that  Fast  Masters  and  their  wives  or  husbands,  who 
are  fourth  degree  members  in  good  standing,  shall 
be  honorary  members,  eligible  to  office,  but  not  en 
titled  to  vote;  and  provided,  that  when  the  number 
of  Subordinate  Granges  in  any  State  becomes  so 
great  as  to  render  it  necessary,  the  State  Grange 
may,  in  such  manner  as  it  may  determine,  reduce  its 
representatives  by  providing  for  the  election  of  a 
certain  proportion  of  those  entitled  to  membership 
in  the  State  Grange  from  each  county;  and  fourth 
degree  members  in  good  standing  shall  be  eligible 
as  representatives,  and  the  members  so  chosen  shall 
constitute  the  voting  members  of  the  State  Grange. 

Sec.  2.  The  wives  or  husbands  of  the  delegates 
elected  to  the  State  Grange,  as  provided  for  in  the 
preceding  section,  if  fourth  degree  members  in  good 
standing,  shall  be  voting  members  of  that  body. 

Sec.  3.  Where  a State  has  not  reduced  its  rep- 
resentation, any  Subordinate  Grange  shall  have  the 
right  to  elect  a Past  Master  or  fourth  degree  mem- 
ber in  good  standing  as  its  Representative  in  the 
State  Grange,  when  the  Master  or  his  wife  or  her 
husband  is  unable  to  attend. 

Sec.  4.  County  or  Pomona  Granges  may  be  repre- 
sented in  State  Granges  under  such  regulations  as 
the  State  Grange  may  provide. 

Sec.  5.  Sixth  Degree — The  State  Granges  shall 
have  authority  to  confer  the  Degree  of  Flora  on  all 
members  of  the  Order  in  good  standing,  in  their  re- 
spective State,  who  have  taken  the  Degree  of  Po- 
mona, in  like  manner  and  form  as  the  same  is  now 
conferred  by  the  National  Grange,  and  each  person 


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receiving  the  degree  shall  be  entitled  to  a certificate 
of  membership  in  the  sixth  degree  from  the  National 
Grange  and  duly  attested  under  its  seal. 

Sec.  6.  The  initiation  fee  for  the  sixth  degree, 
when  conferred  by  a State  Grange,  shall  be  one 
dollar  for  each  person — one-half  to  be  retained  by 
the  State  Grange  and  one-half  to  be  paid  to  the 
National  Grange. 

National  Grange- 

Sixth  Degree — Flora  (Hope).  Composed  of  Mas- 
ters and  Past  Masters  of  the  State  Granges  and  their 
wives  or  husbands,  if  fourth  degree  members  in  good 
standing,  who  have  taken  the  degree  of  Pomona,  and 
the  officers  and  members  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  National  Grange.  Provided  that  only 
those  members  of  the  National  Grange  who  are 
members  of  State  Granges,  and  their  wives  or  hus- 
bands, if  fourth  degree  members  in  good  standing, 
shall  be  entitled  to  vote  therein;  and,  provided  fur- 
ther, that  Past  Masters  and  their  wives  or  husbands, 
if  fourth  degree  members  in  good  standing,  who 
have  taken  the  Degree  of  Pomona,  and  all  former 
members  of  the  National  Grange,  shall  be  honorary 
members  of  the  National  Grange,  and  are  eligible  to 
offices  therein,  but  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote. 

Seventh  Degree— Ceres  (Charity).  Members  of 
the  Order  who  have  received  the  sixth  degree  may 
become  members  of  this  degree  in  the  National 
Grange  upon  application  and  election  and  the  pay- 
ment of  one  dollar.  It  has  charge  of  the  secret  work 
of  the  Order,  and  shall  be  a court  of  impeachment  of 
all  officers  of  the  National  Grange.  Members  of 
this  degree  are  honorary  members  of  the  National 


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Grange,  and  are  eligible  to  offices  therein,  but  not 
entitled  to  vote. 

ARTICLE  SI— OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  a Grange,  either  Na- 
tional, State,  District,  or  Subordinate,  consist  of  and 
rank  as  follows:  Master,  Overseer,  Lecturer,  Stew- 
ard, Assistant  Steward,  Chaplain,  Treasurer,  Secre- 
tary, Gate  Keeper,  Ceres,  Pomona,  Flora,  and  Lady 
Assistant  Steward.  It  is  their  duty  to  see  that  the 
laws  of  the  Order  are  carried  out. 

Sec.  2.  How  Chosen — In  the  Subordinate  Granges 
they  shall  be  chosen  annually  at  the  regular  meeting 
in  December,  and  installed  at  the  regular  meeting  in 
January,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable;  in  the 
District  Grange,  annually,  at  such  time  as  each 
District  Grange  may  determine;  in  the  State  Grange, 
once  in  two  years,  and  in  the  National  Grange  once 
in  tw^o  years.  All  elections  to  be  by  ballot.  Any 
fourth  degree  member,  in  good  standing,  shall  be 
eligible  to  office,  or  to  receive  the  degrees,  in  the 
County,  District,  State,  or  National  Grange,  within 
whose  jurisdiction  such  member  may  reside.  Vacan- 
cies by  death  or  resignation  to  be  filled  at  a special 
election  at  the  next  regular  meeting  thereof — officers 
so  chosen  to  serve  until  the  annual  meeting. 

Sec.  3.  The  Master  of  the  National  Grange  may 
appoint  members  of  the  Order  as  deputies,  to  organ 
ize  Granges  where  no  State  Grange  exists. 

Sec.  4.  There  shall  be  an  Executive  Committee  of 
the  National  Grange,  consisting  of  three  members, 
whose  term  of  office  shall  be  two  years.  The  Master 
of  the  National  Grange  shall  be,  ex-officio,  a mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee. 


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Sec.  5.  The  officers  of  the  respective  Granges 
shall  be  addressed  as  “worthy.” 

ARTICLE  III  — MEETINGS. 

Section  1.  Subordinate  Granges  shall  meet  at 
least  once  each  month,  any  may  hold  intermediate 
meetings. 

Sec.  2.  State  Granges  shall  meet  annually  at  such 
time  and  place  as  the  Grange  shall  from  year  to  year 
determine. 

Sec.  3.  The  National  Grange  shall  meet  annually 
on  the  first  Wednesday  after  the  second  Monday  in 
November,  at  such  place  as  the  Grange  may  from 
year  to  year  determine.  Should  the  National  Grange 
adjourn  without  selecting  the  place  of  meeting,  the 
executive  Committee  shall  appoint  the  place  and 
notify  the  Secretary  of  the  National  Grange  and 
Masters  of  State  Granges  at  least  thirty  days  before 
the  day  appointed. 

ARTICLE  IV— LAWS. 

The  National  Grange,  at  its  annual  session,  may 
frame,  amend,  or  repeal  such  laws  as  the  good  of  the 
Order  may  require.  All  laws  of  State  and  Subordi- 
nate Granges  must  conform  to  this  Constitution 
and  the  laws  adopted  by  the  National  Grange. 

ARTICLE  V— RITUAL. 

The  Ritual  adopted  by  the  National  Grange  shall 
be  used  in  all  Subordinate  Granges;  and  any  desired 
alteration  in  the  same  must  be  submitted  to  and  re- 
ceive the  sanction  of  the  National  Grange. 


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ARTICLE  VI  — MEMBERSHIP. 

Any  person  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and 
having  no  interest  in  conflict  with  our  purposes,  of 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  duly  proposed,  elected  and 
complying  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Order,  is  entitled  to  membership  and  the  benefit  of 
the  degrees  taken.  Every  application  must  be  ac- 
companied by  the  fee  of  membership.  If  rejected, 
the  money  will  be  refunded,  and  no  petition  shall  be 
received  from  a rejected  applicant  until  six  months 
shall  have  elapsed  after  such  rejection.  Applica- 
tions must  be  certified  by  two  members,  and  balloted 
for  at  a subsequent  meeting.  It  shall  require  three 
negative  votes  to  reject  an  applicant. 

ARTICLE  VII— FEES  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1.  The  minimum  fee  for  membership  in  a 
Subordinate  Grange  shall  be,  for  men,  three  dollars, 
and  for  women,  one  dollar  for  the  four  degrees. 
Provided:  That  State  Granges  shall  have  power  to 
reduce  the  fee  within  their  respective  jurisdictions 
to  any  sum  not  less  than  one  dollar  for  men  and 
fifty  cents  for  women. 

ARTICLE  VIII— DUES. 

Section  1.  The  minimum  of  regular  monthly  dues 
shall  be  ten  cents  from  each  member,  and  each 
Grange  may  otherwise  regulate  its  own  dues. 

Sec.  2.  The  Secretary  of  each  Subordinate  Grange 
shall  report  quarterly  to  the  Secretary  of  his  State 
Grange  the  number  of  persons  initiated  since  his 
last  report,  and  also  the  number  who,  by  death,  ex- 
pulsion, removal,  or  otherwise,  have  ceased  to  be 
members  within  the  same  time;  and  shall  pay  to  the 


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Secretary  of  the  State  Grange  such  an  amount  of 
dues  on  each  member,  and  fees  for  each  person  initi- 
ated during  the  quarter,  as  the  State  Grange  may 
determine. 

Sec.  3.  The  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange  shall 
pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Grange  all  moneys 
coming  into  his  hands,  at  least  once  every  thirty 
days,  taking  his  receipt  therefor;  and  shall  report 
quarterly,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  National  Grange, 
the  membership  in  the  State. 

Sec.  4.  The  Treasurer  of  each  State  Grange  shall 
deposit  to  the  credit  of  the  National  Grange  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  with  some  Banking  or  Trust 
Company  (to  be  selected  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee), in  quarterly  installments,  the  annual  due  of 
five  cents  for  each  member  in  his  State,  and  forward 
the  receipts  for  the  same  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
National  Grange. 

Sec.  5.  All  moneys  deposited  with  said  company 
shall  be  paid  out  only  upon  the  drafts  of  the  Treas- 
urer, approved  by  the  Master,  and  countersigned  by 
the  Secretary. 

Sec.  6.  No  State  Grange  shall  be  entitled  to  repre- 
sentation in  the  National  Grange  whose  dues  are 
unpaid  for  more  than  one  quarter. 

ARTICLE  IX— CHARTERS  AND  DISPENSATIONS. 

Section  1.  All  Charters  and  Dispensations  issue 
directly  from  the  National  Grange. 

Sec.  2.  Nine  men  and  four  women,  having  re- 
ceived the  four  Subordinate  Degrees,  may  receive  a 
dispensation  to  organize  a Subordinate  Grange. 

Sec.  3.  Applications  for  Dispensations  shall  be 


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made  to  the  Secretary  of  the  National  Grange,  and 
be  signed  by  the  persons  applying  for  the  same  and 
be  accompanied  by  a fee  of  fifteen  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  Charter  members  are  those  persons  only 
whose  names  are  upon  the  application,  and  whose 
fees  were  paid  at  the  time  of  organization.  Their 
number  shall  not  be  less  than  nine  men  and  four 
women. 

Sec.  5.  Fifteen  Subordinate  Granges  working  in  a 
State  can  apply  for  authority  to  organize  a State 
Grange. 

Sec.  6.  Where  State  Granges  are  organized,  Dis- 
pensations for  the  organization  of  the  Subordinate 
Granges,  heretofore  issued,  shall  be  replaced  by 
Charters  from  the  National  Grange  without  further 
fee;  and  thereafter  all  applications  for  Charters  for 
Subordinate  Granges  shall  pass  through  the  office 
of  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange,  and  must  be 
approved  by  him  before  they  are  issued  by  the 
National  Grange.  When  so  issued,  the  Charter  shall 
pass  through  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  State 
Grange  and  receive  the  signature  and  official  seal  of 
that  office. 

Sec.  7.  No  Grange  shall  confer  more  than  two 
degrees  on  the  same  person  at  the  same  meeting. 

ARTICLE  X— DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

The  duties  of  the  officers  of  the  National,  State, 
and  Subordinate  Granges  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
laws  of  the  same. 

ARTICLE  XI— TREASURERS. 

Section  1.  The  Treasurers  of  the  National,  State, 
and  Subordinate  Granges  shall  give  bond,  to  be 


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approved  by  the  Master  and  Executive  Committee 
of  their  respective  Granges. 

Sec.  2.  In  all  Granges,  bills  must  be  approved  by 
the  Master,  and  countersigned  by  the  Secretary, 
before  the  Treasurer  can  pay  the  same. 

ARTICLE  XII— RESTRICTIONS. 

Sectarian  or  partisan  questions  will  not  be  toler- 
ated as  subjects  of  discussion  in  the  work  of  the 
Order,  and  no  political  or  religious  tests  for  mem- 
bership shall  be  applied. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  Master  of  the  National  Grange  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  be  empowered 
to  suspend  from  office  any  officer  of  the  Nationa1 
Grange  who  may  prove  inefficient  or  derelict  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duty,  subject  to  appeal  to  the  next 
session  thereafter  of  the  National  Grange. 

ARTICLE  XIV— AMENDMENTS. 

This  constitution  can  be  altered  or  amended  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  National  Grange  at  any  annual 
meeting,  and  when  such  alteration  or  amendment 
shall  have  been  ratified  by  two-thirds  of  the  State 
Granges,  and  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
National  Grange,  it  shall  be  of  full  force. 


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ARTICLE  I. 

The  fourth  day  of  December,  the  birthday  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  shall  be  celebrated  as  the 
anniversary  of  the  Order. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Not  less  than  a majority  of  the  State  Granges 
entitled  to  representation  in  the  National  Grange 
shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Section  1.  Questions  of  law  or  usage  arising  in  a 
Subordinate  Grange,  or  referred  to  the  Master  there- 
of by  any  member  thereof,  shall  be  decided  by  the 
Master  of  such  Subordinate  Grange,  subject  to  an 
appeal  to  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange. 

Sec.  2.  Questions  of  law  or  usage  arising  in  the 
State  Grange,  or  referred  to  the  Master  thereof  by 
any  member  thereof,  or  brought  by  appeal  from  the 
decision  of  a Master  of  a Subordinate  Grange,  shall 
be  decided  by  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange,  sub- 
ject to  an  appeal  to  the  Master  of  the  National 
Grange. 

Sec.  3.  Questions  of  law  or  usage  arising  in  the 
National  Grange,  or  referred  to  the  Master  thereof 
by  any  member  of  the  National  Grange,  or  brought 


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by  appeal  from  the  decision  of  a Master  of  a State 
Grange,  shall  be  decided  by  the  Master  of  the 
National  Grange,  whose  decision  thereon  shall  be 
final. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  to 
preside  at  meetings  of  the  National  Grange;  to  see 
that  all  officers  and  members  of  the  committees 
properly  perform  their  respective  duties;  to  see 
that  the  Constitution,  By-Laws  and  resolutions  of 
the  National  Grange  and  the  usages  of  the  Order 
are  observed  and  obeyed;  and  generally  to  perform 
all  duties  pertaining  to  such  office. 

Sec.  2.  The  Master  and  the  Executive  Committee 
shall  constitute  a Court  of  Appeals,  to  which  shall 
be  referred  all  appeals  taken  to  the  National  Grange. 
Said  court  shall  try  all  causes  which  may  be  brought 
before  it,  at  its  first  sitting  thereafter,  but  may  con- 
tinue the  same  when  in  its  judgment  justice  requires 
it.  It  shall  preserve  a record  of  its  proceedings,  in 
which  the  opinions  of  the  court  shall  be  set  forth. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to 
keep  a record  of  all  proceedings  of  the  National 
Grange;  to  keep  a just  and  true  account  of  all 
moneys  received  and  deposited  by  him  in  the  fiscal 
agency;  to  countersign  all  drafts  drawn  by  the 
Treasurer;  to  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the 
National  Grange,  and  to  perform  such  other  duties 
appertaining  to  his  office  as  may  be  required  by  the 
Master  and  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  at  least  once  each 
week,  to  deposit  with  the  fiscal  agency  holding  the 


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funds  of  the  National  Grange  all  moneys  that  may 
have  come  into  his  hands,  and  forward  a duplicate 
receipt  therefor  to  the  Treasurer,  and  to  make  a full 
report  of  all  transactions  to  the  National  Grange  at 
each  annual  session. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  give  bond  in  such  sum  and  with 
such  security  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Executive 
Committee. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to 
issue  all  drafts  upon  the  fiscal  agency  of  the  Order; 
said  drafts  shall  be  approved  by  the  Master  and 
countersigned  by  the  Secretary  of  the  National 
Grange. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  report  monthly  to  the  Master  of 
the  National  Grange  a statement  of  all  moneys 
deposited  to  his  credit  in  the  fiscal  agency,  and  of 
all  drafts  signed  by  him  during  the  previous  month. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  report  to  the  National  Grange  at 
each  annual  session  a statement  of  all  moneys  depos- 
ited in  the  fiscal  agency  and  of  all  drafts  signed  by 
him  since  his  last  annual  report. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Lecturer  to  visit,  for 
the  good  of  the  Order,  such  portions  of  the  United 
States  as  the  Master  and  Executive  Committee  may 
direct,  for  which  services  he  shall  receive  compensa- 
tion. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive 
Committee  to  exercise  a general  supervision  of  the 
affairs  of  the  Order  during  the  recess  of  the  National 


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Grange.  They  shall  have  authority  to  act  on  all 
matters  of  interest  to  the  Order  when  the  National 
Grange  is  not  in  session;  shall  provide  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Order  in  business  matters;  and  no  dis- 
bursements, not  excepting  salaries,  shall  be  made 
except  by  order  of  the  Committee;  and  shall  report 
their  acts  in  detail  to  the  National  Grange  on  the 
first  day  of  its  annual  meeting  or  as  soon  thereafter 
as  practicable. 

Sec.  2.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  hold  one 
regular  session  in  each  year,  immediately  before  and 
during  the  annual  session  of  the  National  Grange, 
at  the  place  selected  for  holding  such  session,  at 
which  meeting  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be 
present  with  their  books  and  accounts  for  examina- 
tion by  the  Executive  Committee.  It  may  also  hold 
other  meetings,  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  Master 
or  of  any  two  members  of  the  Executive  Committee 
such  meeting  may  be  necessary  for  the  good  of  the 
Order. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Section  1.  Such  compensation  for  time  and  ser- 
vices shall  be  given  the  Master,  Lecturer,  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  and  Executive  Committee  as  the  National 
Grange  may,  from  time  to  time,  determine. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  General  Deputies  are  appointed 
by  the  Master  of  the  National  Grange,  said  Deputies 
shall  receive  such  compensation  for  time  and  ser- 
vices as  may  be  determined  by  the  Master  and  the 
Executive  Committee;  provided,  in  no  case  shall 
pay  from  the  National  Grange  be  given  General 
Deputies  in  any  State  after  the  formation  of  its 
State  Grange. 


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ARTICLE  X. 

Section  1.  The  financial  reports  of  Subordinate 
Granges  shall  be  made  on  the  first  day  of  January, 
the  first  day  of  April,  the  first  day  of  July,  and  the 
first  day  of  October. 

Sec.  2.  State  Granges  shall  date  their  financial 
existence  three  months  after  the  first  day  of  January, 
first  day  of  April,  first  day  of  July,  and  first  day  of 
October  immediately  following  their  organization. 

Sec.  3.  The  financial  year  of  the  National  Grange 
shall  close  on  the  30th  day  of  September. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

Each  session  of  the  National  Grange  shall  fix  the 
compensaiton  of  its  members. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

Special  meetings  of  the  National  Grange  shall  be 
called  by  the  Master  upon  the  application  of  the 
Masters  of  twenty  State  Granges,  one  month’s  notice 
of  such  meeting  being  given  to  all  voting  members 
of  the  National  Grange.  No  alterations  or  amend- 
ments of  the  By-Laws  or  Ritual  shall  be  made  at 
any  special  meeting. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Upon  the  demand  of  five  members,  the  ayes  and 
noes  may  be  called  on  any  question,  and  when  so 
called  shall  be  entered  by  the  Secretary  upon  his 
minutes. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Past  Masters  are  Masters  who  have  been  duly 
elected  and  installed,  and  who  have  served  out  the 
term  for  which  they  were  elected. 


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ARTICLE  XV. 

Vacancies  in  office  may  be  filled  by  election  at 
any  regular  meeting  of  the  Grange. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

Two  or  more  Subordinate  Granges  may  be  con- 
solidated in  the  manner  following,  to-wit: 

Application  for  permission  to  consolidate  shall  be 
made  to  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange  and  his  con- 
sent obtained.  One  of  the  Consolidated  Granges 
shall  then  vote  to  surrender  its  charter  and  to  con 
solidate  with  the  other;  and  the  other  must  vote  to 
receive  all  members  of  the  surrendering  Grange. 

A copy  of  each  vote,  duly  authenticated,  must  be 
transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange, 
and  the  surrendered  charter  must  be  returned  to  the 
National  Grange  through  the  office  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  State  Grange,  with  the  fact  and  date  of  its 
surrender  and  consolidation  endorsed  thereon,  au- 
thenticated by  the  seal  and  signature  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  State  Grange;  provided,  that  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  authorize  the 
surrender  of  the  charter  of  a Grange  in  which  nine 
men  and  four  women  shall  desire  to  continue  the 
organization  thereof. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

Section  1.  In  case  satisfactory  evidence  come  to 
the  Master  of  a State  Grange  that  a Grange  has 
been  organized  contrary  to  the  laws  and  usages  of 
the  Order,  or  is  working  in  violation  of  the  same,  or 
is  in  arrears  for  dues  for  two  or  more  quarters,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  to  suspend  the  char- 
ter of  such  offending  Grange  if,  in  his  opinion,  the 


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good  of  the  Order  requires  such  action,  and  if  in  his 
judgment  the  good  of  the  Order  demands  the  revo- 
cation of  the  charter,  he  shall  report  his  action  sus- 
pending the  charter,  with  an  abstract  of  the  testi- 
mony upon  which  it  was  based,  to  the  National 
Grange,  with  his  reason  therefor. 

Sec.  2.  Granges  whose  charters  are  thus  sus- 
pended or  revoked  may  appeal  to  the  National 
Grange  at  its  next  session  for  the  final  action  of  that 
body. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

Members  of  the  State  and  Subordinate  Granges 
shall  be  amenable  to  their  respective  Granges  under 
such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  State 
Granges  for  the  trial  of  causes  in  their  respective 
jurisdictions;  provided,  that  members  of  the  Subor- 
dinate Granges  shall  be  allowed  the  right  of  appeal 
to  their  State  Granges,  and  members  of  the  State 
Grange  shall  be  allowed  the  right  of  appeal  to  the 
Court  of  Appeals. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

Each  officer  required  by  law  to  report  to  the 
National  Grange  at  its  annual  sessions  shall  furnish, 
in  connection  with  his  report,  an  itemized  statement 
of  the  expenses  of  his  office  for  the  current  year. 

ARTICLE  XX. 

The  Secretary  of  each  State  Grange  shall  send  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  National  Grange  two  printed 
copies  of  the  proceedings  of  his  State  Grange  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  each  annual  session,  and 
also  copies  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  his 
State  Grange,  whenever  a revision  or  important 


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amendment  has  been  made  to  the  same,  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  National  Grange  shall  preserve  in 
his  office  one  copy  of  each  of  these  documents. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

All  communications,  circulars  and  other  docu- 
ments issued  by  the  officers  of  the  National  Grange 
or  any  department  thereof  to  the  Subordinate 
Granges,  shall  pass  through  the  office  of  the  State 
Grange  to  which  they  belong. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at 
any  annual  meeting  of  the  National  Grange  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 


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OF 

Washington  State  Grange 

(Revised  1909). 


ARTICLE  I— NAME. 

Section  1.  This  Grange  shall  be  known  as  the 
Washington  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

Sec.  2.  In  all  its  acts  the  Washington  State 
Grange  shall  be  subject  to  and  controlled  by  the 
Constitution,  Laws,  and  Regulations  of  the  National 
Grange. 

ARTICLE  II  — MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1.  The  membership  of  the  Washington 
State  Grange  shall  consist  of  the  Past  officers,  offi- 
cers, deputies,  and  Master  of,  or  legally  elected  rep- 
resentatives of  Pomona  and  Subordinate  Granges, 
and  the  wives  or  husbands  who  are  Patrons  in 
good  standing. 

Sec.  2.  Voting  Members.  The  voting  members 
shall  be  the  Masters  of  Pomona  and  Subordinate 
Granges  and  their  wives  or  husbands  who  are  Pa- 
trons, but  any  such  Grange  may  elect  any  member 
as  its  representative  to  the  State  Grange  when- 
ever the  Master  is  unable  to  attend,  and  the  rep- 
resentative so  elected  and  his  husband  or  wife,  if  a 
member,  shall  be  voting  members  of  this  State 
Grange.  Provided:  Whenever  the  same  person  shall 


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hold  the  office  of  Master  in  both  Pomona  and  Sub- 
ordinate Granges  that  the  Pomona  Grange  shall 
elect  another  member  to  serve  as  their  representa- 
tive and  such  representative  and  husband  or  wife 
shall  be  entitled  to  all  privileges  of  membership. 

Sec.  3.  Classes  of  Members.  Membership  in  the 
State  Grange  shall  be  divided  into  two  classes,  vot- 
ing and  honorary.  The  first-named  class  shall  con- 
sist of  the  representatives  and  their  wives  or  hus- 
bands. The  second-named  class  shall  be  all  other 
members  of  the  State  Grange  as  enumerated  in  Sec- 
tion 1.  Honorary  members  shall  be  entitled  to  all 
rights  and  privileges,  including  the  holding  of  office, 
except  the  right  to  vote. 

Sec.  4.  Representation.  No  Pomona  or  Subordi- 
nate Grange  shall  be  entitled  to  be  represented  at 
any  meeting  of  this  Grange  unless  all  sums  due  this 
Grange  therefrom  are  paid  up  to  the  close  of  the 
quarter  next  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  State 
Grange. 

ARTICLE  III— OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  this  Grange  shall  be  of 
the  same  number  and  name  as  provided  in  the 
National  Laws. 

Sec.  2.  The  regular  election  of  officers  shall  take 
place  at  the  annual  meeting  held  in  odd  numbered 
years. 

Sec.  3.  Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  election  by  the 
State  Grange,  if  in  session,  or  at  the  first  meeting 
after  the  vacancy  occurs.  But  until  such  meeting 
the  vacancy  may  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the 
Master,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 


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Sec.  4.  All  officers  are  amenable  to  this  Grange 
and  to  be  tried  by  the  State  Grange  for  offenses, 
except  Master  and  his  wife  or  husband,  who  can  be 
tried  only  in  National  Grange. 

ARTICLE  IV— MEETINGS. 

Section  1.  This  Grange  shall  hold  its  annual  meet- 
ing beginning  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  June  of  each 
year,  convening  at  10  o’clock  a.  m. 

Sec.  2.  In  case  the  Grange  does  not  select  a place 
for  its  next  annual  meeting  or  some  extraordinary 
circumstance  should  make  it  not  desirable  to  hold 
it  where  chosen,  the  Executive  Committee  shall 
determine  where  such  meeting  shall  be  held. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the 
Master  and  Secretary  upon  request  of  the  Executive 
Committee  or  the  written  request  of  twenty-five 
Subordinate  Granges. 

Sec.  4.  When  a special  meeting  is  to  be  held,  the 
Secretary  shall  give  at  least  thirty  days’  notice  of 
the  same  to  the  Masters  and  Secretaries  of  all 
Pomona  and  Subordinate  Granges. 

Sec.  5.  Twelve  members  shall  constitute  a quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business,  but  a lesser  number 
may  adjourn  from  time  to  time  until  a quorum  is 
secured. 

ARTICLE  V— DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  Master.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Master  to  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Grange;  to 
see  that  the  officers  and  members  of  committees 
properly  perform  their  respective  duties;  to  see 
that  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  National 
Grange,  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  State 


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Grange,  and  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Order 
are  obeyed;  to  have  charge  of  the  extension  work; 
to  sign  all  drafts  upon  the  Treasury  and  to  perform 
such  other  duties  as  pertain  to  his  office  or  are 
required  by  these  articles  and  the  usages  of  the 
Order. 

Sec.  2.  Overseer.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Overseer  to  assist  the  Master;  to  preside  over  the 
Grange  in  the  absence  of  the  Master,  and  in  case  the 
office  of  Master  shall  be  vacant,  he  shall  fill  it  until 
the  next  annual  meeting. 

Sec.  3.  Lecturer.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Lec- 
turer to  have  charge  of  the  literary  work  of  the 
Grange  and  such  other  work  as  may  properly  belong 
to  the  office. 

Sec.  4.  Steward.  The  Steward’s  duties  shall  be 
as  defined  in  the  Manual. 

Sec.  5.  Assistant  Steward.  This  officer  shall,  in 
the  absence  of  the  Steward,  assume  his  duties  and 
perform  the  duties  defined  by  the  Manual. 

Sec.  6.  Secretary.  The  Secretary  shall  make  and 
keep  complete  and  accurate  record  of  all  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  meetings  of  the  State  Grange.  He 
shall  make  all  necessary  returns  to  the  National 
Grange  and  keep  the  accounts  of  the  Subordinate 
Granges  with  the  State  Grange. 

II.  He  shall  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer,  within 
the  time  prescribed  by  the  National  Constitution, 
all  moneys  coming  into  his  hands  and  take  a receipt 
for  the  same.  He  shall  draw  and  countersign  all 
orders  upon  the  Treasury. 

III.  He  shall  furnish  the  Subordinate  Granges 
with  the  necessary  blanks  upon  which  to  make  nec- 
essary reports. 

IV.  He  shall  also  keep  and  publish  annually  a 
complete  roster  or  register  of  the  names  and  num- 


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bers  of  all  Pomona  and  Subordinate  Granges  in  the 
State,  with  the  name  and  address  of  the  Master  and 
Secretary  of  each,  and  send  a copy  to  the  officers 
and  deputies  of  the  State  Grange  and  each  Pomona 
and  Subordinate  Grange  Secretary  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  February  of  each  year. 

V.  He  shall  publish,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  annually  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  August,  a complete  journal  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  State  Grange  meeting,  with  a 
list  of  State  officers  and  register  of  time  and  place 
of  meeting  of  each  Pomona  and  Subordinate  Grange, 
and  furnish  copies  thereof  to  all  officers  as  above, 
including  Lecturers  of  Pomona  and  Subordinate 
Granges.  He  shall  furnish  copies  of  the  same  to 
those  desiring  to  purchase  the  same  at  a price  fixed 
by  the  Executive  Committee. 

VI.  The  Secretary  shall  receive  for  his  services 
the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars  and  necessary  office 
expenses,  payable  quarterly. 

Sec.  7.  Treasurer.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive 
all  moneys  of  the  State  Grange  from  the  hands  of 
the  Secretary,  and  give  a receipt  for  the  same.  He 
shall  keep  an  account  of  all  moneys  received,  and 
pay  from  the  same  on  the  order  of  the  Master  and 
Secretary,  such  orders  bearing  the  seal  of  the 
Grange.  He  shall  give  a full  statement  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  Treasury  at  each  annual  meeting,  and 
whenever  called  upon  to  do  so  by  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  8.  Gatekeeper.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this 
officer  to  carefully  guard  the  gate  of  the  Grange 
and  allow  none  to  enter  unless  satisfied  that  he  is 


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entitled  to  do  so,  unless  ordered  so  to  do  by  the 
Master. 

Sec.  9.  Chaplain  and  Lady  Officers.  The  duties 
of  these  officers  shall  be  as  defined  by  the  National 
Constitution  and  the  Manual. 

Sec.  10.  At  the  expiration  of  their  terms  of  office, 
each  officer  shall  deliver  to  their  successors  all  of 
the  moneys,  books  and  property  belonging  to  the 
Grange  or  their  offices. 

ARTICLE  VI— EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Committee  of  this 
Grange  shall  consist  of  three  members  who  shall  be 
associated  with  the  Master  and  Secretary  as  such 
Committee. 

Sec.  2.  Their  terms  of  office  shall  be  for  three 
years,  and  one  shall  be  elected  annually,  except  that 
in  the  year  1909  there  shall  be  two  elected,  one  for 
one  year  and  one  for  the  full  term  of  three  years. 

Sec.  3.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  attend  to 
the  general  business  transactions  of  the  State 
Grange;  exercise  a general  supervision  over  the 
affairs  of  the  Order  during  a recess  of  the  Grange; 
try  cases  when  the  Grange  is  not  in  session;  instruct 
the  Secretary  in  the  printing  and  in  the  disbursement 
of  moneys;  approve  all  official  bonds,  and  shall 
report  all  its  actions  in  detail  to  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee before  each  annual  meeting. 

Sec.  4.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  authorize 
the  Master  to  expend  such  sum  for  the  assistance  of 
any  weak  or  dormant  Grange  as  in  its  judgment 
may  result  in  saving  it  to  the  Order  or  making  it  a 
strong  working  Grange. 


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ARTICLE  VII— SUSPENSIONS. 

Section  1.  Any  officer  of  the  State  Grange,  except 
the  Master,  who  is  amenable  to  the  National  Grange, 
who  may  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  the  duties  of 
his  office,  may  be  suspended  from  office  by  a three- 
fifths  vote  of  the  Executive  Committee,  after  a fair 
and  impartial  trial  by  said  Committee. 

ARTICLE  VIII— FISCAL  YEAR. 

Section  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  State  Grange 
shall  end  on  the  last  day  of  May,  and  of  the  Pomona 
and  Subordinate  Granges  on  the  thirty-first  day  of 
December  of  each  year. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittees and  the  various  Secretaries  and  Treasurers 
to  make  their  reports,  including  therein  all  business 
transactions  up  to  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  ready 
for  presentation  to  the  Finance  Committees. 

ARTICLE  IX— AMENDMENTS. 

The  provisions  of  this  Constitution  may  be 
changed  when  the  change  proposed  does  not  con- 
flict with  the  National  Laws  or  Digest,  upon  written 
notice  introduced  in  the  State  Grange  in  annual 
meeting  at  least  one  day  before  its  consideration, 
upon  a two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 


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ARTICLE  I— GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Section  1.  Ronds.  The  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
of  State,  Pomona,  and  Subordinate  Granges  shall 
each  give  bonds  in  such  sum  as  the  Executive  Com- 
mittees of  the  various  bodies  may  require,  payable 
to  the  Executive  Committee,  in  case  of  forfeiture, 
the  amount  collected  on  forfeited  bonds  shall  be  held 
in  trust  by  the  committee  until  the  proper  officer  is 
installed. 

Sec.  2.  Regalia.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  members 
and  officers  of  State,  Pomona  and  Subordinate 
Granges  to  be  clothed  in  proper  regalia,  and  the  offi- 
cers to  wear  their  jewels  and  carry  the  emblems  of 
their  offices  when  open  as  a Grange.  Only  members 
open  in  form  and  working  under  a charter  or  dispen- 
sation and  members  of  the  Order  called  together  by 
the  Master  of  the  State  Grange  or  his  deputies  for 
instruction  shall  be  entitled  to  use  the  unwritten 
work  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  3.  Elections.  All  elections  in  all  Granges 
shall  be  by  ballot,  and  a majority  of  all  legal  ballots 
cast  shall  be  necessary  to  a choice. 

Sec.  4.  Claims.  No  claim  against  this  Grange  will 
be  allowed  or  paid  unless  the  same  be  presented  for 


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audit  or  payment  within  three  years  from  the  time 
the  same  shall  have  accrued. 

Sec.  5.  Books.  Each  officer  in  every  Grange  shall, 
at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  deliver  to  his 
successor,  when  duly  installed,  all  books,  papers, 
moneys,  implements,  or  other  property  of  any  de- 
scription pertaining  to  his  office  or  belonging  to  the 
Grange. 

ARTICLE  II— DEPUTIES. 

Section  1.  Supervising  Deputy.  The  Master  may 
appoint  a General  Deputy  to  have  supervision  of  the 
field  work,  and  when,  in  his  judgment  and  that  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  the  occasion  warrants  it 
may  make  suitable  financial  arrangements  with  such 
Deputy  other  than  such  as  herein  set  forth. 

Sec.  2.  County  Deputies.  The  Master  shall  ap- 
point annually  at  least  one  Deputy  in  each  County 
where  there  is  a Grange,  to  serve  until  the  next  ses- 
sion of  the  State  Grange,  unless  the  appointment  is 
sooner  revoked. 

Tt  shall  be  their  duty  to  visit  the  Granges  withiy 
their  respective  counties  at  least  twice  each  year 
and  install  officers  when  requested  and  assist  them 
in  building  stronger  their  respective  organizations. 
They  shall  be  vigilant  that  no  discord,  shall  exist  iu 
the  Granges  under  their  respective  jurisdictions,  and 
shall  report  promptly  any  such  disorder  to  the  Mas 
ter  of  the  State  Grange.  They  shall  also  examine 
the  records  of  the  Subordinate  Granges  in  their  juris- 
dictions and  see  that  the  books  are  properly  kept 
and  report  to  the  Master,  Lecturer,  and  Secretary  of 
the  State  Grange  the  names  of  the  officers  of  the 
Granges  whom  they  install.  They  shall  assist  the 


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Supervising  Deputy  in  extending  the  Order  in  their 
respective  counties,  and,  when  requested  so  to  do 
aid  him  in  planning  new  Granges  and  organizing 
same. 

Sec.  3.  The  fees  for  the  organization  of  new 
Granges,  for  all  official  visits  not  otherwise  provided 
for,  and  for  any  other  services  which  the  welfare  of 
the  Order  shall  require,  shall  be  left  to  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Master  and  the  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  4.  Reports.  All  Deputies  shall  make  a de- 
tailed report  of  their  actions  to  the  State  Master 
once  each  quarter. 

ARTICLE  III— COMMITTEES. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a Legislative  Com- 
mittee, to  be  composed  of  the  Master  and  two  mem- 
bers, who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Master  for  the 
first  year,  and  afterwards  elected  by  the  Grange  at 
its  general  election.  Vacancies  occurring  in  this 
committee  may  be  filled  by  the  remaining  members 
from  the  membership  at  large.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  committee  to  formulate  resolutions  approved 
by  the  State  Grange  into  bills,  present  them  to  the 
State  Legislature  at  its  session,  and  use  all  honor- 
able means  to  secure  their  enactment  into  law.  They 
shall  receive  as  compensation  such  sums  as  the 
Executive  Committee  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  2.  Standing  Committees.  The  following 
standing  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mas- 
ter on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April  of  each  year 
from  among  the  officers,  Deputies,  Past  Masters, 
and  representatives  of  Pomona  and  Subordinate 
Granges  and  w7ives  or  husbands  of  the  persons  above 


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classified,  whom  the  Master  has  reason  to  believe 
will  be  present  at  the  next  session  of  the  Grange. 

To  these  committees  shall  be  referred  such  mat- 
ters as  are  appropriate  for  consideration  and  report. 
When  possible,  such  report  should  be  ready  for  the 
first  day  of  the  annual  meeting.  Should  any  of  the 
appointed  members  be  absent  on  the  first  day  of  the 
annual  meeting,  the  Master  shall  fill  the  vacancies 
as  above  provided. 

1.  Credentials. 

2.  Division  of  Labor  and  Master’s  Address. 

3.  Finance. 

4.  Resolutions. 

5.  Co-operation. 

6.  Transportation. 

7.  Publications. 

8.  Education. 

9.  Agriculture. 

10.  Mileage. 

11.  Constitutional  Amendments  and  By-Laws. 

12.  Claims  and  Grievances. 

13.  Subordinate  Granges. 

14.  Dormant  Granges. 

15.  Trials  and  Appeals. 

16.  Good  of  the  Order. 

17.  Unfinished  Business. 

18.  State  College  and  Farmers’  Institutes. 

19.  Insurance. 

20.  Pomona  Granges. 

21.  Pure  Food. 

22.  Temperance. 

23.  Women’s  Work. 

24.  Memorials. 

25.  Good  Roads. 

26.  Extension  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  3.  Finance  Committee.  The  Finance  Com- 
mittee shall  consist  of  three  members,  to  be  ap- 
pointed at  the  same  time  as  other  committees.  It 


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shall  meet  on  the  Monday  preceding  the  annual 
meeting  at  the  place  of  meeting  of  the  State  Grange, 
and  carefully  examine  and  check  up  the  reports  of 
the  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Executive  Committee, 
and  report  its  findings  to  the  State  Grange  not  later 
than  the  .first  session  of  the  second  day.  Each 
member  of  said  committee  shall  receive  the  sum  ot 
two  dollars  per  day  for  time  expended  in  such  exam- 
ination. 

Sec.  4.  The  Master  shall  appoint  the  following 
committees  for  work  during  each  meeting  of  the 
Grange:  Reception,  Social  Entertainment,  Degree 

Work. 

Sec.  5.  Special  Committees.  Special  committees 
may  be  appointed  from  time  to  time  as  the  Grange 
may  order. 

Sec.  6.  Number  and  Quorum.  Each  committee 
shall  consist  of  not  less  than  three  members  nor 
more  than  nine. 

Three  members  shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business  except  that  two  may  act  for 
the  Finance  Committee  and  the  Legislative  Commit- 
tee may  delegate  its  powers  to  one  of  its  members. 

ARTICLE  IV — COMPENSATION. 

Section  1.  (a)  The  Master  shall  receive  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars  per  year,  and  necessary  travel- 
ing expenses  and  incidentals,  as  may  be  approved  by 
the  Executive  Committee. 

(b)  The  Secretary  shall  receive  the  sum  of  six 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  necessary  office  ex- 
penses. 

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necessary  traveling  expenses.  They  shall  also  re- 
ceive two  dollars  per  day  while  in  attendance  upon 
the  meetings  of  the  State  Grange. 

Sec.  3.  Officers  of  the  State  Grange  shall  receive 
their  necessary  traveling  expenses  to  and  from  the 
meetings  of  the  State  Grange. 

ARTICLE  V— DEGREES. 

Section  1.  Pomona.  Any  fourth  degree  member 
in  good  standing  may  receive  the  degree  of  Pomona 
from  this  Grange  at  the  time  of  its  annual  meeting, 
upon  the  payment  of  a fee  of  twenty-five  cents. 

Sec.  2.  Flora.  Any  fifth  degree  member  may  re- 
ceive the  degree  of  Flora  during  the  annual  session 
of  this  Grange  upon  the  payment  of  the  fee  fixed  by 
the  National  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

ARTICLE  VI — QUOR U M AND  ORDER  OF 
BUSINESS. 

Section  1.  Quorum.  Twelve  members  shall  con- 
stitute a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  but 
a less  number  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day. 

Sec.  2.  Order  of  Business.  The  Order  of  Business 
for  each  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Grange  shall  be 
as  follows: 

Tuesday  Morning. 

1.  Opening  Grange.  Fourth  Degree. 

2.  Roll  Call  of  officers  and  appointments  pro  tem- 

pore. 

3.  Announcement  of  Committee  on  Credentials. 

Recess. 

T uesday,  1:30  p.  m. 

1.  Roll  Call  of  officers. 

2.  Report  of  Credentials  Committee. 


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3.  Announcement  of  revised  list  of  Standing  Com- 

mittees. 

4.  Introduction  of  resolutions  and  reference  with- 

out debate. 

5.  Announcements. 

Recess. 

Tuesday  Evening. 

Conferring  Degrees  of  Pomona. 

Announcements. 

Wednesday  Morning,  9 a.  m. 

1.  Calling  roll  of  officers. 

2.  Reading  and  approval  of  Journal. 

3.  Introduction  of  resolutions  and  reference. 

4.  Reports  of  committees. 

5.  Official  reports. 

6.  Deputies’  reports. 

7.  Pomona  Grange  reports. 

8.  Subordinate  Grange  reports. 

9.  Announcements. 

Recess. 

Wednesday  Afternoon,  1:30  p.  m. 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Journal. 

3.  Introduction  of  resolutions. 

4.  Reports  of  committees. 

5.  Election  of  officers. 

6.  Special  orders. 

7.  Announcements. 

Recess. 

Wednesday  Evening,  8 p.  m. 

1.  Conferring  Degree  of  Flora. 

2.  Reports  of  Subordinate  Granges. 


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3.  Announcements. 

Recess. 

Thursday  Morning,  9 a.  m. 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Journal. 

3.  Resolutions. 

4.  Reports  of  committees. 

5.  Exemplification  of  Secret  Work. 

Recess. 

Thursday  Afternoon,  1:30  p.  m. 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Journal. 

3.  Committee  reports. 

4.  Installation  of  officers. 

5.  Choosing  place  of  next  meeting. 

Recess. 

Thursday  Evening  8 p.  m. 

1.  Unfinished  business. 

2.  Reading  and  approval  of  Journal. 

3.  Closing  in  Fourth  Degree. 

Sec.  3.  This  Order  of  Business  may  be  suspended 
or  transposed  at  any  meeting  upon  a majority  vote 
of  those  present. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Section  1.  If  at  any  time  between  the  sessions  of 
the  State  Grange  any  resolution  shall  be  endorsed 
by  ten  Subordinate  Granges  and  so  certified  to  each 
member  of  the  Legislative  Committee,  it  shall  be- 
come the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  such  Committee 
to,  within  thirty  days,  have  such  resolution  pub- 
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That  any  two  or  more  members  of  the  Legislative 
Committee  may  have  a competing  resolution  pub- 
lished in  the  same  issue. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of 
each  Subordinate  Grange  to  report,  promptly,  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Legislative  Committee,  the  votes 
cast  in  his  Grange,  for  and  against  such  resolution 
or  resolutions. 

Sec.  3.  Seventy  days  from  the  publication  of  the 
resolution  or  resolutions  the  Legislative  Committee 
shall  canvass  the  returns  made  by  the  Subordinate 
Secretaries  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Legislative  Com- 
mittee and  report  the  result  of  the  election  in  the 
next  issue  of  the  Pacific  Grange  Bulletin. 

Sec.  4.  Such  resolutions  as  shall  have  received 
the  majority  of  all  votes  cast  shall  have  force  and  be 
in  effect  on  and  after  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month 
of  their  publication,  precisely  as  though  they  had 
been  adopted  at  an  annual  session  of  the  State 
Grange. 

Sec.  5.  The  senior  elective  member  of  the  Legis- 
lative Committee  shall  be,  ex-officio,  the  Secretary  of 
the  Committee. 

ARTICLE  VIII— POMONA  GRANGES. 

Section  1.  Organization.  Pomona,  or  Fifth  De- 
gree Granges  may  be  organized  in  the  following 
manner.  An  application  signed  by  the  Masters  of 
three  or  more  Subordinate  Granges  in  a County 
shall  be  sent  to  the  State  Master,  accompanied  by  a 
petition  signed  by  at  least  twenty-five  Fourth  Degree 
members  of  Subordinate  Granges  within  said  County, 
of  which  number  at  least  four  shall  be  Matrons,  and 
accompanied  by  a fee  of  Five  Dollars.  The  petition 


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for  charter  shall  be  in  form  substantially  as  follows: 
To  , Master  of  Washington  State  Grange. 

The  undersigned,  Masters  of  and  

and  Subordinate  Granges,  situated  in  

County,  Washington,  respectfully  ask  you  to  charter 

a Pomona  Grange  to  be  known  as  Pomona 

Grange.  Accompanying  this  application  please  find 
the  prescribed  charter  fee  of  $5.00. 

, Master  of  Grange  No.  ; , Master 

of  Grange  No. ; , Master  of  Grange  No. 

; , Master  of  Grange  No. . 

The  undersigned,  being  Fourth  Degree  members 
in  good  standing  in  said  Subordinate  Granges,  and 
desirous  of  extending  the  good  work  of  the  Order 
and  of  joining  a Pomona  Grange,  join  in  said  appli- 
cation. 

Sec.  2.  Master’s  Duty.  On  the  receipt  of  sucn  ap- 
plication, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Master 
to  provide  for  the  organization  and  instruction  of 
such  Grange  in  accordance  with  the  Ritual  of  the 
Fifth  Degree,  as  adopted  by  the  National  Grange, 
and  to  cause  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  meeting 
to  organize  to  be  served  on  the  Master  of  each 
Subordinate  Grange  in  the  County. 

Sec.  3.  The  Master  or  Deputy,  before  completing 
the  organization,  shall  see  that  the  officers  are  prop- 
erly installed,  and  that  the  membership  fee  is  paid 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  new  organization.  It  shall 
be  his  duty  to  reject  every  person  not  strictly  quali- 
fied and  to  carefully  instruct  in  the  work  of  the 
Grange  and  of  the  Fifth  Degree. 

Sec.  4.  Charter.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State 
Secretary,  on  the  receipt  of  a certificate  from  the 


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State  Master  or  his  Organizing  Deputy,  setting  forth 
that  such  Pomona  Grange  has  been  legally  organ- 
ized, to  issue  a Charter  in  due  form  to  such  Grange. 

Sec.  5.  Each  applicant  for  Charter  shall  pay  the 
sum  of  25  cents  at  time  of  signing  above  application. 
After  deducting  Charter  fee  of  $5.00,  the  remainder 
shall  become  part  of  the  funds  of  the  Pomona 
Grange. 

Sec.  6.  Organizer.  A Deputy  organizing  a Po- 
mona Grange  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the 
Executive  Committee  may  deem  just  under  the  at- 
tendant circumstances. 

Sec.  6.  Members.  Any  person  in  possession  of 
the  first  four  degrees  and  in  good  standing  in  a Sub- 
ordinate Grange  within  the  jurisdiction  of  a Pomona 
Grange,  may  make  application  for  membership  in 
said  Grange.  The  application  shall  be  accompanied 
by  a fee  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  cents,  previ- 
ously fixed  by  the  Pomona  Grange. 

On  receiving  such  petition,  the  Pomona  Grange, 
being  satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  well  versed  in 
the  four  subordinate  degrees,  and  a faithful  worker 
therein,  may  elect  such  applicant  to  membership.  It 
shall  require  four  negative  votes  to  reject. 

Sec.  7.  Eligibility,  how  shown.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Patron  desiring  admission  to  a Pomona 
Grange  to  procure  the  certificate  provided  for  below 
from  the  Secretary  of  his  Subordinate  Grange,  pay- 
ing him  therefor  the  sum  of  five  cents  to  cover  cost 
of  blank. 

Sec.  8.  Blank  Certificate.  The  State  Secretary 
shall  cause  to  be  printed  a blank  substantially  in  the 
following  form,  and  furnish  the  same  in  lots  of 


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twenty-five  to  Subordinate  Granges  at  a cost  not 
exceeding  actual  cost  with  ten  per  centum  added. 

To  the  Master  of  Pomona  Grange  No.  , of 

County,  Washington. 

This  is  to  certify  that is  a member  in  good 

standing  of  Subordinate  Grange;  is  well 

versed  in  the  first  four  degrees  of  the  Order  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  a good  worker  therein,  and 

we  heartily  recommend for  membership  in  the 

Pomona  Grange.  We  further  certify  that  the  signa- 
ture of  said  member  attached  hereunto  was  affixed 
in  our  presence. 

Dated  day  of  , 19 — . 


Master. 


Secretary. 

Subordinate  Grange  No. . 

-,  Wash. 


Signature  of  member  applying. 
Secretary  of  Pomona  Grange  will  have  member 
applying  for  admission  sign  his  or  her  name  on  this 
blank  below  before  being  given  the  unwritten  work. 

To  Master  of  Pomona  Grange. 

I hereby  make  application  to  join  said  Grange. 
I am  the  person  whose  signature  appears  above  and 
to  whom  the  above  certificate  was  issued. 


Dated,  of  , 19 — . 

Referred  to  and  and  , a Com- 

mittee of  Investigation  appointed  by  the  Master. 

Committee  reported  favorably.  Candidate  elected 
and  degree  conferred. 

of  , 19—. 

Secretary  Pomona  Grange  No.  . 


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Sec.  9.  Officers.  The  officers  and  duties  of  offi- 
cers in  a Pomona  Grange  shall  be  the  same  as  in  the 
other  Granges  of  the  Order,  except  as  herein  other- 
wise provided  for.  They  shall  be  chosen  either  an- 
nually or'  bi-ennially,  at  such  time  as  may  be  de- 
termined by  the  By-Laws  of  such  Pomona  Grange. 
They  shall,  when  possible,  be  installed  at  the  same 
meeting. 

2.  An  Executive  Committee  of  three  members  in 
addition  to  the  Master  and  Secretary,  who  shall 
be  ex-officio  members,  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot 
at  the  annual  meeting,  to  have  charge  of  the  business 
affairs  of  the  Grange  when  not  in  session. 

3.  As  soon  as  the  installation  of  officers  takes 
place,  the  Secretary  shall  send  the  names  of  the 
Master,  Secretary,  and  Lecturer,  with  postoffice 
address  of  each,  to  the  State  Secretary,  and  shall 
also  report  at  once  whenever  any  change  occurs  in 
either  office. 

4.  Any  officer  of  the  State  Grange  or  any  member 
of  a Pomona  Grange  who  has  been  a voting  member 
of  the  State  Grange  may  install  the  officers  of  a 
Pomona  Grange. 

5.  The  minimum  of  quarterly  dues  shall  be  ten 
cents  for  each  member,  due  and  payable  as  in  Subor- 
dinate Granges.  Otherwise  each  Pomona  Grange 
may  regulate  its  own  dues. 

Sec.  10.  General  Duties.  1.  Pomona  Granges  are 
authorized  to  provide  for  a general  class  of  Grange 
work  for  the  interests  of  the  Order  which  cannot 
be  accomplished  by  either  the  State  or  Subordinate 
Granges.  All  officers  should  study  and  plan  to  make 
the  work  of  an  advanced  and  assistaing  nature,  and 


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at  all  times  and  on  all  occasions  to  strive  to  be 
foremost  in  advocating  and  maintaining  the  princi- 
ples of  the  Order  on  a progressive  basis. 

2.  In  the  absence  of  the  Master,  the  highest  rank- 
ing officer  of  a Pomona  Grange  shall  take  his  place 
and  fill  all  vacancies  by  appointment. 

3.  Each  Pomona  Grange  shall  elect  a Press  Agent, 
whose  duty  shall  be  to  cause  proper  notices  of  the 
work  of  the  Grange  to  be  furnished  the  press  for 
publication. 

4.  Each  Pomona  Grange  shall  meet  at  least  once 
a quarter  and  may  hold  intermediate  meetings.  The 
Secretary  shall  report  semi-annually  to  the  State 
Secretary,  giving  a full  report  of  its  condition  and 
statement  of  its  co-operative  transactions. 

5.  Pomona  Granges  shall  open  in  the  Fifth  Degree 
but  may  hold  Fourth  Degree  sessions  to  which  all 
Fourth  Degree  members  may  be  admitted  as  visitors. 

6.  The  . laws  and  rulings  which  relate  to  the  juris- 
diction of  Subordinate  Granges  in  this  State  shall,  so 
far  as  practicable,  apply  to  Pomona  Granges. 

7.  Sectarian,  religious,  and  partisan  political  ques- 
tions will  not  be  tolerated  as  subjects  of  discussion 
in  the  Pomona  Grange,  and  no  religious  or  political 
test  for  members  shall  be  applied. 

Sec.  10.  Appeals.  A Pomona  Grange  may  become 
a Court  to  which  cases  may  be  taken  on  appeal  from 
Subordinate  Granges,  as  provided  in  these  By-Laws. 

Sec.  11.  Discipline.  The  same  rules  of  discipline 
as  obtain  in  Subordinate  Granges  shall  apply  to 
Pomona  Granges,  except  that  their  jurisdiction  shall 
only  apply  to  Fifth  Degree  members,  against  whom 


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charges  shall  have  been  duly  preferred,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  usages  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  12.  Arrearages.  Members  who  have  lost 
standing  in  a Pomona  Grange  are  those  who  are 
more  than  one  year  in  arrears  of  dues.  Such  mem- 
bers may  re-instate  themselves  by  paying  up  the 
full  amount  of  arrearages  to  current  quarter  without 
vote  of  the  Grange.  Members  in  arrears  for  more 
than  two  years  may  be  received  into  'membership 
by  majority  vote  of  members  present,  and  upon  the 
payment  of  such  sum  as  the  Grange  may  determine, 
but  in  no  case  less  than  one  full  year’s  dues. 

Sec.  13.  Transfers.  Any  Fifth  Degree  member 
desirous  of  joining  a Pomona  Grange  may  do  so 
upon  payment  of  the  usual  fee.  Any  member  of  a 
Pomona  Grange  moving  into  the  jurisdiction  of 
another  and  desiring  to  unite  with  it,  may,  if  clear 
on  the  books  of  his  own  Grange,  do  so  upon  pre- 
sentation of  a Dimit  card. 

Sec.  14.  Dim  its.  Any  member  in  good  standing 
shall  be  entitled  to  a Dimit  card  upon  payment  of 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents,  which  card  shall  be 
good  for  the  term  of  one  year.  Applicants  holding  a 
Dimit  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  rule  as  those 
applying  for  membership  when  seeking  admission  to 
a Pomona  Grange. 

Sec.  15.  Granges  in  Unorganized  Counties.  A 

Grange  located  in  a County  having  no  Pomona 
Grange,  and  wishing  to  affiliate  with  a Pomona 
Grange  in  an  adjoining  County,  shall  apply  to  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  State  Grange  for  per- 
mission, whose  decision  shall  be  final.  Should  said 
County  afterward  be  organized,  any  Grange  holding 


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membership  in  adjoining  County  may  have  its  mem- 
bers of  Pomona  Grange  transferred  to  the  new 
Pomona  without  the  payment  of  the  usual  fee. 

Sec.  16.  Trials.  Trials  and  convictions  for  viola- 
tion of  the  obligation  of  the  Fifth  Degree  shall  carry 
with  it  expulsion  from  the  Order.  All  expulsions 
shall  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State 
Grange,  who  shall  report  the  same  to  all  Pomona 
Granges  in  the  State. 

Sec.  17.  By-Laws.  Each  Pomona  Grange  may 
make  such  by-laws  for  its  own  government  as  it  may 
deem  best,  but  such  by-laws  must  not  conflict  with 
the  Laws  of  the  Order  nor  the  by-laws  of  the 
National  or  State  Grange. 

ARTICLE  IX— SUBORDINATE  GRANGES. 

Sec.  1.  Membership.  All  applications  for  mem- 
bership shall  be  made  in  form  prescribed  by  National 
Grange  and  accompanied  by  the  proper  fee.  When 
a petition  is  received  by  a Grange  from  a person 
living  near  the  meeting  place  of  another  Grange,  the 
Grange  nearest  the  residence  of  the  applicant  shall 
be  consulted  before  admitting  the  petitioner. 

Sec.  2.  Fees.  Applicants  for  membership  in  an 
organized  Grange  shall  pay  the  following  fees:  Man, 
$1.50;  woman,  75  cents;  boy  under  16,  $1.00;  and  girl 
under  16,  50  cents.  All  applications  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  the  above  fees,  and  two  quarters  dues  in 
advance. 

Persons  signing  application  for  Charter  of  a new 
Grange  shall  pay  as  follows:  Men,  $1.00;  women, 
and  boys  under  16,  50  cents. 

Sec.  3.  Dues.  1.  The  regular  dues  in  any  Subor- 


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dinate  Grange  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  cents  per 
quarter,  and  shall  be  fixed  by  the  local  By-Laws. 

2.  All  dues  are  payable  in  advance  at  the  first 
meeting  in  January,  April,  July  and  October,  and 
no  member  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  annual 
word  whose  dues  are  not  paid  to  the  end  of  the  first 
quarter  of  the  current  year. 

3.  Any  member  .who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay 
his  or  her  dues  for  the  space  of  one  year,  shall  be 
notified  by  the  Secretary,  under  seal  of  the  Grange, 
of  that  fact,  and  if,  aftey  one  month,  the  acount  still 
remains  unsettled  and  the  member  is  still  indebted 
for  one  or  more  years’  dues,  the  Secretary  shall  re- 
port the  same  to  the  Master  in  open  Grange,  and, 
unless  action  is  deferred,  the  Grange  shall  suspend 
the  member  by  a majority  vote,  which  shall  be-  taken 
by  the  voting  sign.  This  vote  cannot  be  reconsidered. 

4.  The  State  Secretary  shall  see  that  the  dues 
payable  to  the  State  Grange  are  promptly  paid,  and 
in  case  the  dues  remain  delinquent  two  quarters  the 
delinquent  Grange  shall  be  reported  to  the  Master 
of  the  State  Grange,  who  shall  make  another  effort 
to  collect  the  same  in  person  or  by  Deputy;  but  if 
the  said  dues  are  not  paid  at  the  expiration  of  thirty 
days  from  date  of  Master’s  notification,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  - advise  the  Master  of  the  National  Grange, 
and  if,  in  his  judgment,  the  facts  warrant  it,  recom- 
mend the  revocation  of  the  Charter  of  said  Subordi- 
nate Grange. 

5.  A Grange  whose  Charter  has  been  revoked  or 
suspended  may  petition  the  State  Grange  for  rein- 
statement. 

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cation,  as  provided  in  Section  1,  shall  have  been  re- 
ceived, it  shall  be  recorded  and  in  open  Grange  re- 
ferred to  a committee  of  three  members,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Master.  The  committee  shall 
investigate  as  to  the  character  and  habits  of  the 
applicant  and  report  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of 
the  Grange,  unless  by  vote  a longer  time  is  given  it 
to  report.  When  the  report  shall  have  been  pre- 
sented to  the  Grange,  a ballot  shall  be  at  once  taken 
upon  the  application, 

2.  An  application  can  be.  withdrawn  any  time 
before  the  ballot  thereon,  without  permission,  but 
after  election  no  application  can  be  withdrawn  ex- 
cept by  a majority  vote  of  those  present.  In  either 
case,  the  fee  may  be  returned. 

3.  A ballot  must  be  taken  upon  the  application, 
whether  the  report  is  favorable  or  unfavorable.  It 
shall  require  three  negative  votes  to  reject  an  appli- 
cation. If  not  more  than  two  black  balls  appear, 
the  candidate  shall  be  declared  elected.  If  exactly 
three  black  balls  appear  upon  inspection  of  the 
ballot,  the  Master  shall  say:  “Lest  a member  may 
have  cast  a ballot  carelessly  or  by  mistake,  the 
ballot  will  be  taken  over  again,”  which  shall  be 
immediately  done.  If  three  black  balls  again  appear, 
the  candidate  shall  be  declared  rejected  and  the 
ballot  cannot  be  reconsidered  or  repeated.  In  all 
cases,  not  less  than  seven  members  must  have  voted 
to  constitute  a legal  ballot.  A person  once  rejected 
cannot  apply  for  membership  in  any  Grange  for  six 
months  thereafter.  If,  after  an  applicant  has  been 
rejected,  a member  voluntarily  declares  that  he  or 


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she  cast  a black  ball  by  mistake,  the  Master  shall 
immediately  order  another  ballot. 

4.  After  a candidate  has  been  legally  elected,  he 
shall  be  entitled  to  initiation  and  the  degrees  must 
be  conferred  if  the  candidate  presents  himself  within 
six  months  of  the  date  of  election  for  initiation. 
However,  at  any  time  before  initiation,  if  objection 
is  made,  and  after  hearing  the  nature  of  the  objec- 
tion to  the  candidate  becoming  a member,  the  Grange 
may,  by  a majority  of  the  members  present  at  a 
regular  meeting,  annul  the  election  and  proceed  to 
take  a new  ballot  upon  the  same  application,  in  ac- 
cordance with  subdivision  3 of  this  Section. 

5.  Any  member  becoming  possessed  of  informa- 
tion tending  to  show  that  the  candidate  formerly 
elected  to  membership,  but  not  yet  initiated,  is  un- 
worthy to  become  a member,  may  file  an  objection 
to  said  initiation,  endorsed  by  at  least  two  other 
members,  with  the  Secretary.  Such  objection  must 
state  the  cause  alleged  and  that  the  same  has  arisen 
since  the  date  of  candidate’s  application,  or  that  the 
same  was  unknown  at  that  time,  whereupon  the 
Grange  shall  proceed  as  in  preceding  subdivision  of 
this  Section. 

Sec.  5.  Application  by  Dimit.  A member  of  a 
Subordinate  Grange  may  become  a member  of  an- 
other Grange  by  presenting  a Dimit,  showing  that 
he  is  a member  in  good  standing,  and  by  and  upon 
receiving  a three-fourths  vote  of  the  members  pres- 
ent. An  unaffiiliated  member  holding  a Dimit  show- 
ing former  membership  in  a Grange  may  be  admit- 
ted to  membership  upon  paying  a fee  equal  to  one 
year’s  dues.  Such  Dimit  shall  be  submitted  to  a 


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committee  as  provided  in  Section  4,  and  all  proceed- 
ings shall  be  as  therein  set  forth,  except  that  it  shall 
require  a majority  of  black  balls  to  reject  the  ap- 
plicant. 

Sec.  6.  Divulging  Action  of  Grange.  No  member 
or  visitor  shall  divulge  improperly  the  rejection  of 
a candidate  under  penalty  to  members  of  suspension 
or  to  visitors  to  not  being  allowed  to  again  visit  the 
Grange  and  of  being  reported  to  the  Grange  to  which 
they  belong.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  to 
read  this  section  immediately  after  the  rejection  of 
a candidate,  for  the  information  of  all  members 
present. 

Sec.  7.  Meetings.  A regular  meeting  is  any  meet- 
ing fixed  by  the  By-Laws  or  standing  rules  of  the 
Grange.  A Grange  must  hold  at  least  one  regular 
meeting  each  month.  The  By-Laws  must  fix  defi- 
nitely the  day  and  hour  for  all  regular  meetings. 

2.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Master 
or  by  vote  of  the  Grange  for  special  purposes  named 
in  the  call,  and  no  other  business  can  be  legally 
transacted  thereat  unless  so  specified  in  the  call. 

Sec.  8.  Quorum.  Seven  members  shall  constitute 
a quorum.  No  Grange  can  be  opened  in  due  form 
with  less,  but  a lesser  number  may  adjourn  from 
time  to  time  until  a quorum  is  present. 

Sec.  9.  Officers.  1.  The  officers  of  a Subordinate 
Grange  shall  be  of  the  same  number,  name,  and  rank 
as  those  provided  for  in  the  National  Grange. 

2.  The  election  of  officers  shall  take  place  at  the 
last  regular  meeting  in  December  of  each  year,  but 
if  circumstances  make  it  impossible  to  hold  an  elec- 
tion at  that  time,  it  shall  be  held  at  the  next  regular 
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3.  The  installation  of  officers  shall  take  place  at 
the  first  regular  meeting  in  January,  or  as  soon  there- 
after as  practicable,  and  the  same  shall  be  reported 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange  at  once. 

4.  The  Master  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Grange,  and  conduct  the  same  according  to  the  best 
of  his  ability,  under  the  rules  of  the  Order  and  gen- 
eral parliamentary  law.  He  shall  open  and  close  the 
meetings  in  due  form,  and  decide  all  questions  aris- 
ing in  the  Grange,  subject  to  appeal.  He  shall  also 
see  that  all  reports  required  by  the  State  Grange 
from  his  Grange  are  promptly  made.  At  the  close 
of  his  term  of  office,  the  Master  shall  make  an  an- 
nual report,  recapitulating  the  work  of  the  past  year, 
and  recommending  measures  for  the  year  to  come. 

5.  The  Overseer  shall  assist  the  Master  in  his 
duties,  and  in  his  absence  shall  take  the  Master’s 
place  and  duties. 

6.  The  Secretary  of  each  Subordinate  Grange 
shall  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange 
promptly  at  the  end  of  each  quarter,  the  number 
and  name  of  all  persons  initiated,  suspended,  or  ex- 
pelled during  the  quarter,  and  pay  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  State  Grange  one  dollar  for  each  man  and  fifty 
cents  for  each  woman  and  each  boy  under  16  initiated 
during  the  quarter.  He  shall  also  pay  to  the  State 
Grange  a quarterly  due  of  fifteen  cents  for  each  mem- 
ber carried  on  the  roll  the  full  quarter.  Said  report 
of  the  Secretary  to  be  approved  by  the  Master  of  his 
Grange. 

7.  Each  Secretary  shall  also  promptly  report  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange  the  name  and 
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elected  at  the  annual  meeting,  and  their  postoffice 
address;  also  elections  to  fill  vacancies  in  those 
offices.  He  is  the  custodian  of  the  seal  of  the 
Grange,  and  responsible  for  its  use  and  safe-keeping. 
It  should  never  be  used  for  private  or  individual 
purposes.  In  case  the  Grange  becomes  dormant,  he 
shall  return  the  seal,  charter,  and  rituals  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  State  Grange,  on  demand  of  the 
Master  of  the  State  Grange. 

8.  The  Secretary  of  the  Grange  should  immedi- 
ately report  to  the  Secretary  of  each  neighboring 
Grange  every  instance  of  suspension  or  expulsion  of 
a member  who  has  been  tried  or  convicted  upon 
charges;  and  in  case  of  removal  of  the  member,  the 
Grange  next  his  new  residence  should  be  notified. 

9.  Lecturer.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Lecturer 
to  have  charge  of  the  literary  exercises  of  the 
Grange;  to  provide  useful  information  to  be  read  or 
distributed  among  the  members;  to  prepare  literary 
programs  and  appoint  members  for  special  literary 
work,  and  perform  all  other  duties  required  by  the 
Ritual  and  Laws  of  the  Order.  The  Lecturer  shall 
also  report  quarterly  to  the  Lecturer  of  the  State 
Grange,  upon  blanks  provided  for  that  purpose,  giv- 
ing full  information  in  regard  to  the  character  of 
the  lecture  work  that  is  being  carried  on  in  his 
Grange. 

10.  The  Steward  has  charge  of  the  inner  gate,  in 
which,  as  in  all  other  duties,  he  is  assisted  by  the 
Assistant  Stewards,  whose  positions  are:  Assistant 
on  the  right  and  Lady  Assistant  on  the  left  of  the 
Overseer. 

11.  The  further  duties  of  the  officers  of  a Sub- 


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ordinate  Grange  are  defined  by  the  Ritual  and  Con 
stitution  of  the  Order,  the  Digest  of  the  National 
Grange,  and  the  By-Laws  of  the  Subordinate  Granges 
must  not  conflict  therewith. 

Sec.  10.  Cimits  and  Withdrawal  Cards.  1.  Any 
member  in  good  standing  and  clear  on  the  books  of 
the  Grange  is  entitled  to  a dimit  or  withdrawal  card, 
upon  application  therefor. 

2.  A dimited  member  cannot  receive  the  annual 
word,  or  any  degree  instructions,  or  be  elected  to 
or  hold  office  in  the  Grange. 

3.  A withdrawal  card  severs  a member’s  connec- 
tion with  the  Order,  and  he  cannot  be  reinstated 
without  submitting  to  the  same  form  of  application, 
ballot  and  payment  of  the  same  fee  as  a new  member. 

4.  A dimit  simply  disconnects  a member  from  his 
Subordinate  Grange,  leaving  him  a member  of  the 
Order  during  life-time  of  his  dimit,  one  year,  and 
amenable  to  the  Grange  in  the  jurisdiction  of  which 
he  resides;  he  may  be  received  into  such  Grange 
upon  proper  application,  accompanied  by  his  dimit, 
on  a three-fourths  vote  of  the  members  present. 

5.  A member  holding  a dimit  may,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  Grange  in  the  jurisdiction  of  which  he 
resides,  join  another  Grange,  but  must  submit  to  all 
the  requirements  provided  in  the  Rules  and  Regula- 
tions of  the  Order.  A member  holding  a dimit  can- 
not be  driven  out  of  the  Order  by  unfriendly  legis- 
lation of  the  Grange  having  jurisdiction.  It  must 
either  release  jurisdiction  or  receive  the  member 
back  into  the  Grange. 

6.  Charges  may  be  preferred  against  a member 
of  the  Order  holding  a dimit,  by  any  member  in  good 


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standing,  and  the  Grange  having  jurisdiction  must 
try  the  case  and  declare  a verdict. 

7.  Applications  for  dimits  or  withdrawal  cards 
must  be  made  in  writing  at  a regular  meeting  of  the 
Grange,  and  if  the  fees  and  dues  are  paid,  and  no 
charges  preferred  against  the  applicant,  the  Grange 
cannot  legally  refuse  to  grant  the  same. 

Sec.  11.  Appeal.  1.  Any  member  of  a Subordi- 
nate Grange  has  the  right  to  appeal  from  the  decision 
of  the  Master  to  the  Grange,  but  if  the  Grange  sus- 
tains the  Master,  no  appeal  to  the  State  Grange  can 
be  taken.  But  if  the  Grange  does  not  sustain  the 
Master,  he  (the  Master)  may  appeal  from  such  de- 
cision of  the  Grange;  or  if  the  Master  refuses  to 
obey  the  decision  of  the  Grange,  the  Grange  may  by 
a majority  vote  appeal  from  such  action  to  the  Mas- 
ter of  the  State  Grange. 

2.  During  the  pendency  of  any  appeal,  the  decis- 
ion of  the  Master  is  supreme  law  of  the  Grange,  and 
is  to  be  respected  as  such  until  the  same  has  been 
overruled  by  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange. 

Sec.  12.  Trials.  All  trials  shall  be  conducted  in 
accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  recom- 
mended by  National  Grange.  (See  Digest.) 

Sec.  13.  Amendments.  These  By-Laws  may  be 
amended  or  revised  at  any  meeting  of  the  State 
Grange,  by  a two-thirds  vote  of  its  members  present. 


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FOR 

Pomona  Granges 


ARTICLE  I— TITLE. 

Section  1.  This  organization  shall  be  known  as 

the  Pomona  Grange,  No.  , Patrons  of  Husbandry 

of  Washington. 

ARTICLE  II  — RELATION  TO  NATIONAL  AND 
STATE  GRANGES. 

Section  1.  In  all  acts,  this  Grange  shall  be  subject 
to  and  controlled  by  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws 
of  the  National  and  State  Granges,  so  far  as  they 
may  apply. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Grange  to 
exercise  a general  oversight  of  the  educational  and 
business  interests  of  the  Order,  and  have  a care  for 
the  welfare  of  orphans  and  worthy,  needy  members 
of  the  order  in  its  jurisdiction. 

ARTICLE  III— MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1.  The  membership  shall  be  composed  of 
fifth  degree  members  duly  affiliated,  and  then  duly 
elected  and  initiated  from  the  fourth  degree  members 
of  Subordinate  Granges  within  this  jurisdiction,  who 
are  recommended  by  the  Master  and  Secretary  of 
their  respective  Granges. 

ARTICLE  IV— FEES  AND  DUES. 

Section  1.  The  fees  for  membership  shall  be  — — - 
for  brothers  and  for  sisters. 


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Sec.  2.  The  dues  shall  be  per  quarter  in  ad- 

vance, for  each  member. 

ARTICLE  V— MEETING. 

Section  1.  This  Grange  shall  hold  its  regular  an- 
nual meeting  on  the  day  of  : each  year. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  hold  its  regular  quarterly  meet 
ings  on  the  of  the  months  of  . 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the 
Master  and  Secretary. 

Sec.  4.  Whenever  any  meeting  of  this  Grange  is  to 

be  held,  the  Secretary  shall  give  at  least 

days’  notice  of  the  same  to  the  Secretaries  of  the 
Subordinate  Granges  in  its  jurisdiction. 

ARTICLE  VI— QUORUM. 

Section  1.  Seven  members  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

ARTICLE  VII— OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  this  Grange  shall  be 
the  same  in  number,  and  of  the  same  name  as  in 
the  State  and  Subordinate  Granges,  and  shall  per- 
form the  same  duties.  They  shall  be  elected  and 
installed  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  and  shall 
hold  their  office  for  one  year  or  until  their  succes- 
sors are  duly  installed. 

Sec.  2.  At  the  expiration  of  their  term  of  office, 
all  officers  shall  deliver  to  their  successors  in  office 
all  moneys,  books,  papers  and  property  belonging  to 
said  office. 

ARTICLE  VIII— EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Committee  of  this 
Grange  shall  consist  of  four  members,  to  which  shall 


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be  added  the  Master  and  Secretary  as  ex-officio  mem- 
bers. 

Sec.  2.  The  members  of  this  Committee  shall 
hold  their  office  for  two  years,  two  of  whom  shall 
be  elected  at  the  annual  meeting  in  each  year;  pro- 
vided, that  at  the  first  annual  election  two  of  the 
members  of  this  Committee  shall  be  elected  for  only 
one  year. 

Sec.  3.  They  shall  attend  to  the  general  business 
of  this  Grange,  and  have  a general  supervision  over 
the  affairs  of  the  Grange  during  its  recess.  They 
shall  instruct  the  Secretary  in  regard  to  disburse- 
ments and  attend  to  such  other  duties  as  may  be  im- 
posed by  the  By-Laws. 

Sec.  4.  At  each  annual  meeting  the  Committee 
shall  make  a full  and  complete  report  of  all  their 
transactions  during  the  year. 

ARTICLE  IX— COMMITTEES. 

Section  1.  All  committees  shall  consist  of  three 
members,  to  be  appointed,  two  by  the  Master  and 
one  by  the  Overseer,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

Sec.  2.  At  each  annual  meeting  there  shall  be  ap- 
pointed the  following  Standing  Committees,  to-wit: 

A Committee  on  Credentials. 

A Committee  on  By-Laws. 

A Committee  on  Finance. 

A Committee  on  Good  of  the  Order. 

A Committee  on  Charity. 

ARTICLE  X— DIMITS. 

Section  1.  Any  member  in  good  standing  shall  be 
entitled  to  a Dimit  on  application  and  the  payment 
of  a fee  of  twenty-five  cents. 


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ARTICLE  XI— AMENDMENTS. 

Section  1.  These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or 
amended  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  Grange  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present;  provided, 
notice  to  amend  shall  have  been  given  in  writing  at 
some  former  regular  meeting. 

Adopted  by  Pomona  Grange,  No.  — — , on  the — 

day  of , A.  D.  19— 


T) 


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FOR 

Subordinate  Granges 


ARTICLE  |— NAME  OF  GRANGE  AND  TIMES  OF 
MEETING. 

Section  1.  The  name  of  this  Grange  is  

Grange,  No.  , of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  of 

Washington. 

Sec.  2.  This  Grange  will  hold  regular  meetings 
on  the  and of  each  month,  begin- 
ning at  the  hour  of  in  the  noon. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the 
Grange  at  a meeting  previous  or  by  the  Master. 
Due  notice  of  each  of  such  meetings  shall  be  given 
by  the  Secretary  by  postal  card  addressed  to  the 
head  of  each  family  represented  in  the  Grange.  No 
business  shall  be  transacted  at  such  meetings  unless 
specified  in  the  call. 

Sec.  3.  Receiving  applications  or  balloting  for 
candidates,  granting  dimits,  preferring  charges,  elec- 
tion of  officers,  suspension  or  expulsion  of  members 
can  only  be  done  at  a regular  meeting. 

ARTICLE  II— ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  All  elections  other  than  to  member- 
ship, shall  be  by  written  ballot,  and  it  shall  require 
a majority  of  all  votes  cast  to  elect. 

Sec.  2.  No  nominations  for  office  shall  be  made, 
but  each  Patron  may  vote  for  his  or  her  choice.  Af- 


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ter  the  first  ballot  has  been  announced,  if  there  is 
no  election,  the  Master  shall  announce  that  the  next 
ballot  will  be  taken  on  the  names  of  the  three  re- 
ceiving the  greatest  number  of  votes.  After  the 
second  ballot,  if  there  still  be  no  election,  the  Mas- 
ter will  announce  that  but  the  two  who  received  the 
greatest  number  of  votes  will  be  candidates. 

ARTICLE  III— DUES. 

Section  1.  Each  member  shall  pay  quarterly  the 

sum  of  cents  at  the  first  meeting  in  January, 

April,  July  and  October  of  each  year. 

Sec.  2.  No  member  shall  be  entitled  to  any  letter 
or  certificate  of  recommendation  or  dimit  or  other 
paper  from  this  Grange  to  the  Pomona  or  other 
Grange  unless  his  dues  are  paid  up  to  the  beginning 
of  the  next  quarter. 

ARTICLE  IV—  STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Section  1.  The  Standing  Committees  of  this 
Grange  shall  consist  of  an  Executive  Committee  and 
Committees  on  Finance,  Woman’s  Work,  and  Relief. 
The  Executive  Committee  shall  consist  of  three 
members  and  the  Master  and  Secretary,  who  shall 
be  ex-officio  members.  It  shall  be  elected  by  ballot 
at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  January  of  each  year. 
The  other  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
newly  installed  Master  and  shall  serve  for  one  year. 

Sec.  2.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  gen- 
eral oversight  of  the  business  of  the  Grange  during 
the  interval  between  the  meetings. 

Sec.  3.  The  Finance  Committee  shall  consist  of 
three  members,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  inspect 
and  approve  all  bills  and  accounts  after  they  have 


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been  read  in  open  Grange  and  before  being  paid. 
They  shall  examine  the  books  and  vouchers  of  the 
Secretary  and  the  Treasurer  and  report  the  financial 
conditon  of  the  Grange  twice  each  year  at  last  meet- 
ings of  January  and  July  of  each  year. 

Sec.  4.  The  Woman’s  Work  Committee  shall  have 
charge  of  the  Hall  and  have  general  care  over  all 
schemes  of  decoration.  And  such  other  duties  as 
shall  be  deemed  of  interest  in  promoting  the  beauty 
of  the  hall  and  increasing  the  attendance  at  meetings 
of  the  Grange. 

Sec.  5.  The  Relief  Committee  shall  consist  of  the 
Chaplain  and  two  other  members  to  be  appointed  by 
the  Master.  At  least  one  member  shall  be  a brother. 
It  shall  be  their  duty  to  visit  all  members  who  are 
sick,  making  them  as  comfortable  as  circumstances 
will  permit,  and  shall  have  power  to  call  upon  other 
members  of  the  Grange  to  assist  when  necessary. 

ARTICLE  V— BALLOTING. 

Section  1.  Balloting  for  candidates  for  member- 
ship can  only  be  done  at  a regular  meeting.  When 
the  Master  instructs  the  Steward  to  prepare  the 
ballot  box,  he  shall  announce  the  name  of  the  can- 
didate to  be  balloted  for.  Each  candidate  must  be 
balloted  for  separately. 

Sec.  2.  The  Steward  will  first  present  the  box  to 
the  Master  for  inspection,  afterwards  to  the  Over- 
seer. When  both  have  seen  that  it  is  ready  for  the 
ballot,  with  enough  white  and  black  ballots,  he  will 
place  it  on  the  Altar. 

Sec.  3.  The  Master  will  rise  and  say:  “We  are 

about  to  ballot  on  the  name  of  Mr.  or  Mrs.  

for  membership  in  this  Grange.  No  one  should  per 


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mit  a personal  prejudice  to  influence  his  action  but 
at  all  times  remember  your  obligation.  White  bal- 
lots elect  and  black  ballots  reject.”  Master  calls  up. 
At  the  first  note  of  a march  at  the  piano  the  A.  S. 
and  L.  A.  S.  pass  up  the  hall  to  the  right  and  left  of 
the  altar,  and  to  a point  four  feet  beyond  it. 

They  should  stand  facing  in,  four  feet  apart,  with 
their  staves  crossed. 

Pomona  immediately  passes  down  under  the  cross 
ed  staves  to  the  left  of  the  altar,  ballots,  and  then 
proceeds  to  a point  in  front  of  the  O.  and  within  the 
line  of  chairs  of  the  A.  S.  and  L.  A.  S.,  turns  square- 
ly to  the  right  for  a few  steps  (governed  by  the  size 
of  the  hall)  then  to  the  right  again  and  returns  to 
her  station. 

Pomona  is  closely  followed  by  those  at  her  right 
down  to,  but  not  including  the  O.  (As  Pomona  re- 
turns to  her  station  she  should  fall  in  line  behind 
the  line  of  marching  Patrons,  or,  if  the  size  of  the 
hall  permits,  on  the  outside  of  that  line). 

Each  Patron  should  pause  before  the  crossed  staves 
until  the  preceding  Patron  has  balloted.  As  the  last 
one  in  Pomona’s  line  is  pausing  before  the  A.  S.  and 
L.  A.  S.  the  O.  may  pass  up  the  hall  to  the  right, 
turn  to  the  left  at  a point  that  will  bring  him  half  way 
between  Ceres  and  the  A.  S.  and  L.  A.  S.  where  he 
makes  a second  turn  to  the  left,  passes  under  the 
staves,  and  to  the  left  of  the  altar,  ballots,  proceeds 
to  a point  in  front  of  the  Overseer’s  station  and  with- 
in the  line  of  the  chairs  of  the  A.  S.  and  L.  A.  S., 
turns  squarely  to  the  right  for  a few  steps  (govern- 
ed by  the  size  of  the  ha^),  then  to  the  right  again 
and  around  the  hall  until  he  reaches  his  station. 


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The  O.  is  followed  by  all  on  his  right,  balloting  in 
same  manner  as  the  first  line. 

When  all  have  voted  the  Steward  will  present  the 
ballot  box  to  the  Overseer  for  inspection  and  then 
to  the  Master.  Upon  opening  the  box  the  Master 
will  report  the  ballot  clear  or  not  clear  as  the  case 
may  be,  and  destroy  the  condition  of  the  ballot. 

ARTICLE  VI— AMENDMENTS. 

These  By-Laws  may  be  amended  at  any  regular 
meeting  of  the  Grange,  provided  that  notice  in  writ- 
ing has  been  given  of  the  intentiori  to  amend  at  a 
previous  meeting.  A majority  of  all  present  must 
vote  in  favor  of  such  proposed  amendment,  and  the 
vote  shall  be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes  or  by  a division. 


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RULL5  OF  ORDER 


OPENING. 

1.  Precisely  at  the  stated  hour,  the  Master,  or  in 
his  absence  the  Overseer,  shall  take  the  chair  and 
give  the  gavel  signal  for  order.  When  this  is  heard 
each  officer  and  member  will  promptly  take  proper 
station  and  be  silent.  If  a quorum  is  present  the 
Grange  will  then  be  opened  in  due  form. 

2.  After  the  outside  gate  is  ordered  closed  no  per- 
son should  be  admitted  until  the  Grange  has  been 
declared  open. 

3.  Should  there  be  vacancies  in  the  chair  offices, 
the  Master  shall  proceed  to  make  pro  tempore  ap- 
pointments, who  shall  serve  until  the  regular  incum- 
bent enters  or  until  tne  close  of  the  meeting. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

1.  The  Order  of  Business  should  be  closely  fol- 
lowed, but,  if  circumstances  seem  to  render  it  im- 
perative that  some  business  be  done  out  of  its  order 
the  rules  may  be  suspended  by  a two-thirds  vote  of 
all  members  present. 

RULES  OF  DECORUM. 

1.  No  question  shall  be  stated  by  the  cnair  unless 
moved  and  seconded,  nor  shall  it  be  open  for  con- 
sideration unless  stated  by  the  chair. 

2.  When  a question  is  before  the  Grange  no  mo- 


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tion  shall  be  received  except  the  following  which 
shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  here  given. 

a.  To  proceed  to  close.  • 

b.  To  lay  on  the  table. 

c.  The  previous  question. 

d.  To  postpone. 

e.  To  refer. 

f.  To  amend. 

3.  Since  a Grange  cannot  close  except  in  due  form 
the  proper  motion  to  make  when  it  is  desired  that 
the  meeting  shall  be  brought  to  a close,  is:  “Worthy 
Master,  I move  that  the  Grange  now  proceed  to 
close.”  Should  this  motion  prevail  the  Master  will 
then  accost  the  Overseer  in  the  form  set  forth  in  the 
Manual  as  to  close  of  business. 

4.  The  motion  to  lay  on  the  table  is  to  suspend 
all  consideration  of  the  question  during  the  pleasure 
of  the  Grange.  If  it  be  moved  on  the  main  question 
all  amendments  go  with  it.  If  moved  on  an  amend- 
ment then  the  main  question  goes  to  the  table  also. 
When  the  question  is  again  called  up,  which  can  be 
at  any  meeting  until  disposed  of,  it  comes  before 
the  Grange  in  precisely  the  same  form  as  it  was 
previous  to  being  laid  upon  the  table.  It  is  not 
debatable. 

5.  When  the  Grange  seems  to  have  heard  all  sides 
of  a question  fully,  it  is  sometimes  desirable  to  close 
debate  and  take  a vote  on  the  question  before  it. 
This  is  done  by  a motion  as  follows:  “Worthy  Mas- 
ter, I move  the  previous  question.”  Should  the 
motion  have  five  seconds  it  shall  be  immediately  put 
by  the  Master,  and  if  a majority  vote  in  favor,  all 
debate  shall  at  once  close  and  the  Master  at  once  put 


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the  question  before  the  Grange.  If  there  are  any 
amendments  pending  the  vote  shall  be  upon  them  in 
order  and  then  upon  the  main  question,  but  no 
further  debate  can  be  allowed  either  on  the  amend- 
ments or  the  main  question. 

6.  Should  it  seem  desirable  to  postpone  action  on 
a question  a motion  to  postpone  to  a certain  time 
may  be  made.  No  debate  can  be  had  upon  this  ques- 

;on  except  as  to  time  to  which  it  is  proposed  to 
postpone.  It  may  be  amended  to  provide  for  a differ- 
ent time. 

7.  Any  question  may  be  referred  to  a committee 
for  consideration  and  future  report  except  those 
stated  under  Rule  2. 

8.  A question  may  be  amended,  but  not  more  than 
two  propositions  to  amend  can  be  before  the  Grange 
at  the  same  time.  If  there  should  be  a motion  to 
amend  the  amendment  pending  and  neither  seems  to 
meet  the  required  end  a motion  will  be  in  order  to 
substitute  other  matter,  in  the  following  form:  “W. 
M.,  I move  as  a substitute  for  the  various  ques- 
tions,” etc. 

9.  A motion  to  indefinitely  postpone  a question 
is  in  effect  the  direct  opposite  of  a motion  for  the 
previous  question,  as  it  tends  to  open  the  whole 
subject  to  discussion.  This  motion  cannot  be 
amended  but  may  be  debated  in  every  form  which 
will  tend  to  throw  light  on  the  question.  This 
motion  cannot  be  reconsidered  if  lost,  and  if  carried 
removes  the  whole  matter  from  consideration  unless 
reconsidered. 

10.  Any  member  may  call  for  a division  of  the 
question  when  the  sense  thereof  will  permit. 


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11.  After  a question  has  been  decided  a member 
who  voted  with  the  prevailing  side  may  move  for 
its  reconsideration,  at  the  same  or  next  meeting  of 
the  Grange.  But  the  question  itself  cannot  be  dis- 
cussed until  it  has  been  reconsidered.  Should  the 
Grange  vote  in  favor  of  such  motion  the  Master  will 
then  state  the  question  just  as  it  was  voted  and  say: 
“The  matter  is  now  before  the  Grange.”  The  ques- 
tion is  then  in  position  to  be  passed,  rejected  or 
amended  just  as  though  it  were  originally  before  the 
Grange. 

12.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  once  upon 
a subject  until  every  other  member  who  desires  shall 
have  had  an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  but  the  chair- 
man or  spokesman  for  a committee  may  make  final 
speech  upon  any  matter  reported  therefrom  before 
vote  is  taken. 

13.  A member  desiring  to  speak  shall,  after  rec- 
ognition by  the  chair,  confine  himself  to  the  ques- 
tion and  avoid  personality.  Should  more  than  one 
member  rise  the  Worthy  Master  shall  determine  who 
is  entitled  to  the  floor. 

14.  The  Master  or  any  member  may  call  another 
who  is  speaking  to  order,  whereupon  the  debate 
shall  be  suspended  and  the  brother  or  sister  shall 
remain  silent  unless  to  appeal  from  the  decision  of 
the  chair,  when  he  or  she  may  use  the  following 
words:  “Worthy  Master,  I respectfully  appeal  from 
the  decision  of  the  chair  to  the  Grange.”  Where- 
upon the  Grange  shall  proceed  to  vote  upon  the  ques- 
tion: “Shall  the  decision  of  the  chair  be  sustained 
by  tne  Grange?”  When  a member  has  been  called  to 
order  for  the  manifestation  of  personal  or  improper 


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feeling  he  or  she  shall  not  be  allowed  to  speak  again 
upon  that  subject  at  that  meeting,  except  to 
apologize. 

15.  All  motions  or  resolutions  offered  in  the 
Grange  shall  be  reduced  to  writing  if  requested. 

16.  The  first  person  named  on  a committee  shall 
be  the  chairman,  but  the  committee  may  elect  an- 
other if  it  so  desires,  v/hen  committees  have  been 
appointed  and  before  separating  the  chairman  shall 
call  the  other  members  together  and  they  shall  make 
arrangements  for  a meeting  for  committee  purposes. 
Committees  are  required  to  meet  and  attend  to  mat- 
ters submitted  to  them  with  system  and  regularity 
and  not  by  separate  consultation  and  in  a loose  and 
indefinite  manner. 

17.  The  Master  shall  be  ex-officio  a member  of  all 
committees  and  may  meet  and  consult  with  them, 
without  voting,  however,  and  urge  them  to  action. 
In  the  appointment  of  committees  the  Master,  who 
should  ever  preserve  a courteous  and  conciliatory 
deportment  to  all,  not  overlooking  the  humblest  mem- 
ber, has  many  opportunities  for  bringing  merit  into 
notice  and  of  testing  and  making  available  the  ca- 
pacities of  members  around  him.  He  should  care- 
fully avoid  both  petulancy  and  favoritism,  and  act 
with  strict  impartiality. 


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Selected  Sections  from  Constitution  and 
By-laws  of 

Washington 
Fire  Relief  Association 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBE.R  1,  1893 


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PREAMBLE. 

Whereas,  co-operation  for  mutual  benefit  and  pro- 
tection is  an  economical  mode  of  doing  business,  and 
the  present  rates  of  insurance  against  loss  by  fire 
are  higher  than  necessary,  we  hereby  mutually  agree, 
for  the  purpose  of  effecting  insurance  of  our  prop- 
erty, that  we  will  pay  such  proportionate  sums  as 
shall  be  necessary  therefor,  and  for  the  purpose  of 
mutually  binding  ouselves  to  such  ageement,  we  each 
subscribe  to  the  following  Constitution  and  By-Laws: 

ARTICLE  I NAME  AND  MEMBEi  SHIP. 

Section  1.  The  name  of  this  Association  shall  be 
The  Washington  Fire  Relief  Association. 

Sec.  2.  The  business  of  the  association  shall  be 
confined  to  members  in  good  standing  of  the  Patrons 
of  Husbandry  who  are  affiliated  with  a Subordinate 
Grange  in  the  State  of  Washington  or  in  the  State  of 
Idaho. 

Sec.  3.  Any  member  who  ceases  to  be  a member  in 


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good  standing  in  the  Order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
thereby  terminates  his  membership  in  this  Associa- 
tion and  forfeits  all  the  rights  of  a member. 

Sec.  4.  Membership  may  also  be  terminat- 
ed in  either  of  the  following  manners: 
Voluntary  withdrawal  and  surrender  of  cer- 
tificate; expiration  of  certificate;  annulment  of 
certificate  for  any  of  the  following  reasons,  such  an- 
nulment to  be  made  by  the  order  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  (1)  for  any  fraud  prejudicial  to  the  as- 
sociation on  the  part  of  the  member  in  obtaining 
such  certificate;  (2)  on  account  of  any  change  in  the 
condition  or  situation  of  the  property  whereby  its 
risk  has  been  increased,  provided,  whenever  possible 
the  member  shall  have  the  right  to  make  new  or 
amended  application  to  fit  the  altered  facts;  (3)  for 
acts  of  negligence  suffered  or  persisted  in,  on  the 
part  of  a member  in  violation  of  the  regulations  of 
the  association;  (4)  insolvency  of  a member  oc- 
curring subsequent  to  the  date  of  his  certificate;  (5) 
for  the  sale  of  the  property  when  the  same  is  real 
estate  without  securing  the  consent  of  the  Directors 
to  the  transfer,  as  provided  in  the  By-Laws. 

ARTICLE  II. — MANAGEMENT. 

Section  1.  The  management  of  the  affairs  of  this 
Association  shall  be  vested  in  a Board  of  Directors, 
not  less  than  seven  in  number  or  more  than  fifteen, 
provided  that  during  the  interim  between  meetings 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  any  necessary  business  may 
be  transacted  by  an  Executive  Committee  as  herein 
provided. 

Sec.  2.  All  of  the  territory  embraced  in  the  State 


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7: 


of  Washington  shall  be  divided  into  fifteen  districts, 
each  of  which  shall  be  entitled  to  elect  one  member 
of  the  Board  of  Directors,  provided,  that  none  of 
such  districts  shall  elect  such  Director  until  there 
first  has  been  received  and  accepted  at  least  $50,000 
in  insurance  risks  from  such  district. 

Sec.  7.  The  elections  for  members  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  shall  De  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  April 
as  follows:  In  odd  numbered  districts  the  elections 
shall  be  held  in  odd  numbered  years,  and  in  even 
numbered  districts  the  elections  shall  be  held  in  even 
numbered  years. 

ARTICLE  III DIRECTORS’  MEETINGS. 

Section  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors shall  be  held  during  the  month  of  June  at 
such  time  and  place  as  the  Board  shall  have  de- 
termined upon  at  its  previous  meeting,  provided  that 
if  the  Board  shall  fail  to  so  designate  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Executive  Committee  so  to  do  and  to 
notify  the  members  of  the  Board  at  least  twenty  days 
previous  thereto. 

Sec.  5.  The  officers  of  the  Board  shall  constitute 
an  Executive  Committee  with  full  powers  of  the 
Board  when  that  body  is  not  in  session,  save  in  cases 
where  the  Board  has  otherwise  directed. 

Sec.  6.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  the 
management  of  the  affairs  of  the  Association  and 
shall  be  its  authorized  agents.  It  shall  have  the 
power  to  accept  and  reject  fire  risks,  to  annul  cer- 
tificates for  cause  shown,  to  adjust  payment  of  losses 
and  levy  assessments  to  pay  for  the  same;  to  invest 
the  funds  of  the  Association,  and  to  transact  all  busi- 
ness for  which  this  Association  is  formed. 


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ARTICLE  VI APPEALS. 

Section  1.  Whenever  two  or  more  members  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  shall  feel  that  any  action  taken 
by  the  Board  is  detrimental  to  the  best  interests  of 
the  Association  they  may  have  the  whole  matter  sub- 
mitted to  the  membership,  whose  action  shall  be  final. 
In  moving  for  a referendum  they  shall  file  with  the 
Secretary  a brief  statement  of  their  views  of  the 
matter  in  not  more  than  one  hundred  words. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary,  upon 
receipt  of  the  motion  for  referendum  and  the  ac- 
companying statement  to  formulate  briefly  the  action 
taken  or  sought  to  be  taken,  together  with  the  rea- 
sons therefor,  in  not  more  than  one  hundred  words, 
and  submit  both  statements  to  each  member  of  the 
Association  asking  a vote  for  or  against  the  action 
of  the  Board.  Said  referendum  shall  designate  a 
day  not  later  than  which  the  votes  shall  be  received 
and  tabulated.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary 
to  call  upon  one  of  the  objectors  to  assist  him  in 
tabulating  and  counting  the  vote.  A majority  of  the 
votes  received  on  said  question  shall  govern  the  Board 
in  its  final  disposition  of  said  question. 

ARTICLE  VII DISTRICT  DIRECTORS. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Director 
to  conserve  the  interests  of  the  Association  in  the 
district  in  which  he  resides,  and  for  that  purpose  he 
is  charged  with  the  following  duties: 

(a)  To  appoint  one  agent  for  each  Grange  in  said 
district. 

(b)  To  appoint  an  additional  agent  when  request- 
ed so  to  do  by  vote  of  any  Grange. 


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(c)  To  require  of  each  agent  a strict  compliance 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Association  and, 
when  necessary,  to  remove  an  agent  by  revoking  his 
appointment  and  to  make  others  instead. 

(d)  He  shall  cause  to  be  furnished  to  each  agent 
suitable  literature  setting  forth  the  plans  and  the 
benefits  of  the  Association. 

(e)  He  shall  see  that  each  agent  has  sufficient 
application  blanks  for  his  needs. 

(f)  He  shall  carefully  examine  and  record  each 
application  for  membership  and  insurance  received, 
and  may  return  the  same  for  correction. 

(g)  If,  after  examination,  he  finds  that  the  appli- 
cant has  complied  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  Association  he  shall  approve  the  same  and  for- 
ward to  the  Secretary  together  with  sufficient  money 
to  cover  the  charges  set  forth  in  the  By-Laws. 

(h)  He  shall  call  all  meetings  of  the  members 
within  his  district,  fixing  the  time  and  place  when 
not  otherwise  fixed,  and  shall  call  the  meeting  10  or- 
der, make  a report  of  the  object  and  purposes  of  the 
meeting  and  call  for  the  election  of  a chairman  to 
preside  over  the  meeting. 

(i)  The  Director,  in  company  with  the  agent  and 
one  other  disinterested  member  of  the  local  Grange 
who  is  a member  of  this  Association,  shall  consti- 
tute an  Adjustment  Board  for  the  adjustment  of  any 
losses  in  the  territory  covered  by  said  Grange.  Pro- 
vided, that  in  case  of  a loss  by  an  agent  or  by  the 
Director,  the  other,  together  with  two  disinterested 
members  of  the  association  and  Grange,  shall  oe  the 
Adjusting  Committee. 

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proved  by  a Director  the  same  shall  be  in  force  until 
revoked  or  suspended  by  the  Board  of  Directors  or 
the  Executive  Committee. 


BY-LAW5 


SECTION  I RISKS  AND  CLASSIFICATIONS. 

1.  The  Association  agrees  to  insure  its  members 
against  losses  by  fire  or  lightning  upon  property  con- 
fined to  the  following  classes: 

CLASS  NO.  1. — Farm  houses,  barns  and  other  farm 
buildings,  while  used  or  occupied  by  the  owner,  so 
situated  that  no  building  in  which  fire  is  kept  or 
used  is  within  seventy  feet  of  the  property  insured, 
contents  of  such  buildings  when  specified  in  the  ap- 
plication; and  farm  live  stock.  The  entry  fee  in 
Class  1 shall  be  one-fifth  of  one  per  centum. 

CLASS  NO.  2. — The  same  kinds  of  property  as  are 
set  forth  in  Class  1,  but  so  situated  that  no  build- 
ing in  which  fire  is  used  or  kept  is  within  fifty  feet 
of  the  property  insured;  also,  buildings  of  members 
located  in  cities  or  towns  having  good  fire  protection, 
provided  it  is  so  situated  that  it  is  distant  more  than 
seventy  feet  from  any  barn  or  building  in  which  fire 
is  kept  or  used.  Also  live  stock  of  members  kept  in 
such  cities  or  towns  whiie  kept  in  property  which 
would  be  insurable  in  this  Association.  The  entry 
fee  in  Class  2 shall  be  one-fourth  of  one  per  centum. 

CLASS  NO.  3. — This  class  shall  comprise  the  same 


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kinds  of  property  insurable  in  Class  1,  but  so  situat- 
ed that  no  building  in  which  fire  is  kept  shall  be  near- 
er than  thirty-five  feet  of  the  property  insured;  also 
buildings  owned  by  members  but  occupied  by  tenants, 
or  buildings  occupied  by  two  or  more  families.  The 
entry  fee  in  this  class  shall  be  three-tenths  of  one 
per  centum. 

CLASS  NO.  4. — Grange  stores  and  contents;  halls 
and  contents;  country  school  houses  and  contents,  and 
country  churches  and  contents; each  so  situated  that 
no  building  in  which  fire  is  kept  shall  be  within 
sixty  feet,  and  provided  further  that  in  each  case 
a majority  of  the  governing  body  of  the  property  in- 
sured shall  be  and  remain  Patrons  of  Husbandry  in 
good  standing.  The  entry  fee  in  Class  4 shall  be 
four-tenths  of  one  per  centum. 

CLASS  NO.  5. — All  property  embraced  in  Class  4 
so  situated  that  no  building  in  which  fire  is  used 
within  forty  feet  of  the  property  insured.  Also 
dwellings  in  towns  or  cities  having  good  fire  protec- 
tion occupied  by  two  or  more  families,  country  stores 
(contents  not  insurame),  country  repair  shops  and 
contents,  provided  that  in  each  of  these  cases  no 
building  in  which  fire  is  used  shall  be  within  sixty 
feet  of  the  property  to  be  insured.  Also  fruit  and 
hop  dryers  and  contents,  creameries  and  machinery, 
feed  mills  and  machinery.  Also  grain  in 
stack  when  situated  at  least  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  from  any  building  in  which  fire  is  kept  or 
used  and  rurther  protected  by  a fire  break  at  least 
fifty  feet  wide.  The  entry  fee  in  this  class  shall  be 
three-fifths  of  one  per  centum.  Any  risk  where  a 
stove-pipe  or  terra  cotta  is  used  in  place  of  a 


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chimney  shall  be  classed  as  No.  5 risk,  and  shall 
pay  the  rates  of  such  class,  provided;  that  no  risk 
shall  be  accepted  in  any  class,  where  such  stove-pipe 
or  terra-cotta  passes  through  an  unoccupied  garret. 

2.  A hog  pen,  wood  shed  or  privy,  in  which  no 
fire  is  kept  or  similar  building  where  no  hay  or 
straw  is  stored  is  not  deemed  a building  within  the 
meaning  of  these  By-Laws.  A milk  house,  even 
though  detached  or  partially  so,  where  no  fire  is  kept 
when  used  by  the  family  occupying  the  house  for 
domestic  purposes,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a part  of 
the  house  for  purposes  of  relief.  No  building  used 
for  fruit  or  hop  drying  will  be  allowed  within  sixty 
feet  of  the  property  insured  nor  within  one  hundred 
feet  if  more  than  eight  by  twelve  feet  in  size.  No 
cloth  ceiling  except  over  solid  wood  will  be  allowed 
in  any  building. 

3.  In  addition  to  the  entry  fees  stipulated  above 
the  applicant  shall  pay  the  agent  not  more  than  two 
dollars  for  his  work  in  visiting  the  premises,  making 
the  survey  and  writing  the  application,  which  sum 
shall  oe  payment  in  full  for  the  work  of  such  agent. 

4.  Assessments  shall  be  pro  rata  among  the  mem- 
bers with  reference  to  the  relief,  and  the  percentage 
paid  by  them  respectively. 

5.  No  certificate  will  be  issued  for  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  the  estimated  cash  value  of  any  property, 
and  in  case  of  total  loss  not  more  than  two-thirds  of 
the  actual  value  of  the  property  at  the  time  of  the 
loss  will  be  paid,  and  in  no  case  will  more  tnan  the 
actual  loss  be  paid  by  the  Association;  and  this 
Association  will  not  be  liable  for  loss  happening  by 


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means  of  an  invasion,  insurrection,  riot,  or  of  any 
military  or  usurped  power. 

11.  In  case  of  a loss  the  loser  shall  notify  the 
agent  within  twenty-four  hours,  if  possible,  and  the 
agent  of  the  Grange  shall  notify  the  Director  of  his 
district  immediately. 

12.  The  Director,  agent  and  other  member  who 
shall  constitute  the  local  adjustment  board  shall  have 
authority  to  take  testimony  if  deemed  necessary  by 
it.  They  shall  notify  the  Secretary  of  their  findings, 
but  if  they  cannot  agree  they  shall  refer  the  matter 
to  the  Board  of  Directors,  whose  decision  shall  be 
final. 

14.  When  an  assessment  has  been  ordered  the 
Secretary  shall  at  once  notify  each  member  of  the 
amount  levied  against  his  property,  which  shall  be 
pro  rata  of  the  whole  amount  to  be  collected  based 
upon  his  classification. 

15.  Each  member  shall  pay  the  whole  amount 
due  to  the  agent  of  his  Grange  within  thirty  days 
and  the  agent  shall  transfer  the  same  to  the  Secretary 
without  unnecessary  delay.  It  becomes  the  duty  of 
the  agent  to  be  present  at  the  meetings  of  the  Grange 
for  the  purpose  of  receiving  such  assessment. 

16.  If  such  assessment  is  not  paid  after  thirty 
days’  notice  by  mail  an  action  may  be  brought  there- 
for against  such  defaulting  member  and  this  By-Law 
expressly  authorizes  the  President  to  bring  such  ac- 
tion in  his  name  for  the  other  members,  and  it  is 
hereby  agreed  that  in  such  action  such  defaulting 
party  will  not  plead  a non-joinder  of  parties,  but 
permit  judgment  to  be  entered,  notwithstanding  all 
parties  are  not  joined  in  such  action. 


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18.  The  Association  requires  of  its  members  strict 
conformity  to  the  following  regulations:  To  give 
true  information  to  each  question  printed  on  appli- 
cation blank;  to  adjust  all  stoves  and  pipes  so  as  not 
to  come  in  contact  wdth  wood  or  any  combustible 
material;  stovepipes  passing  through  ceiling  or  par- 
titions shall  be  secured  by  metal  safes  and  be  at  least 
two  and  one-half  inches  from  wood;  metal  safes  with 
two  circles  of  metal  not  less  than  two  and  one-half 
inches  apart,  with  air  space  between,  will  be  allowed 
instead  of  brick  chimneys;  no  risk  shall  be  accepted 
in  any  class,  where  a stovepipe  or  terra-cotta  passes 
through  an  unoccupied  garret.  All  ashes  shall  be 
kept  at  least  sixty  feet  from  the  property  insured  ex- 
cept that  wood  ashes  which  are  not  stored  must  be 
distributed  upon  the  ground  at  safe  distances  from 
the  property  insured.  A neglect  to  observe  any  of 
the  above  regulations  will  make  void  the  certificate 
of  the  offending  member. 


Price  Lii 


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4.00 

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Manuals,  per  set  of  13. $2.75 

Manuals,  each  . : 

Grange  Melodies,  per  dozen 

Grange  Melodies,  each. . . . . . .'. . 

Digests,  each  . . . . ......... .... . ... 

Dues  Receipt  Book ............ 

Labor  Saving  Minute  Book . . 1.75 

Secretary’s  Record  Book.. .40 

Treasurer’s  Account  Book 40 

Treasurer’s  Receipt  Book. ...  .25 

Dues  Account  Book.. 50 

Roll  Book 15 

Sargent’s  Combined  Dues  Account  and  Roll  Book  .65 

Warrant  Book  ........ .25 

Dimit  Blanks,  per  dozen. ...  .10 

Constitution  and  By-Laws,  each. 05 

By-Laws,  per  dozen 50 

Application  Blanks  for  Pomona,  per  dozen ......  .10 

Application  Blanks  for  Pomona,  per  hundred. . . . .40 

Application  Blanks  for  Subordinate  Granges free 

Literature  (send  for  samples) .free 

Notices  of  Election  to  Membership .25 

Notices  of  Suspension  25 

Grange  Seal,  plain  v. 2.25 

Grange  Seal,  with  emblem . 4.00 

All  orders  should  be  accompanied  by  cash,  and  they 
should  have  the  seal  of  the  Grange  attached. 

FRED.  W.  LEWIS, 

‘ • : • . \\  ■■  •-  Secretary. 


